The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word GREY AREA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result GREY AREA
- Unclear boundaries in this old people’s home?
- Ill-defined item, eg a rare uncertainty finally resolved
- Where it's unclear, agree to differ about chap that's upset
- What many pensioners have upstairs is something hard todefine
- Old neighbourhood is source of uncertainty
- Retirement home where things are unclear?
- Ill-defined situation roughly a year after a bit of work turned up
- Indistinct realm where OAPs hang out?
- Agree Ray confused in unclear situation
- Unclear situation in dull and cloudy region
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The straight part
We know that "What many pensioners have upstairs/something hard todefine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what many pensioners have upstairs/something hard todefine = grey area.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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