The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LOUVRE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LOUVRE
- Gallery showing the work of Monet, say, one European's removed
- Museum for the blind?
- Gallery and university very involved in learning
- Historical knowledge about invisible radiation in gallery
- Look at coloured light on gallery
- Art gallery for the blind
- Allowing unrestricted view lover naughtily limits window blind
- Various bits of velour in art gallery
- Stories about radiation detected in Parisian building
- What ensures museum isn’t stuffy?
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The straight part
We know that "Ventilator/foreign gallery" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ventilator/foreign gallery = louvre.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does LOUVRE mean?
LOUVRE noun- A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
- (chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
- Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.