The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 5 letter word LE HAVRE
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More clues leading to the result LE HAVRE
- Regulars in shore leave getting blotto in port
- Port offering shelter — dilly-dally, wasting energy inside
- Reveal criminal has drunk hotel port
- What did you say in loo about French port?
- Corrupt chevalier’s heading off, abandoning one French city
- Very entertained by composer with energy in place in Normandy
- Port Vale hero failing to finish surprisingly
- Where to find Norman Lamont, at first? He turns up at rave, smashed
- What’s in the toilet? A note
- The French take leader inside port
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "place in Normandy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case place in normandy = le havre.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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