The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DORM
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result DORM
- Bed or mattress? It may be found in here
- Where kippers might be the choice of many?
- Mark housing the men in small bunkhouse?
- Place to sleep in empty room after party
- Prepare small room and big room for sleeping in?
- Place to retire, choice of large numbers of Romans
- A number or twice as many in overnight accommodation
- Eastern side of European resort where many crash
- Beginning or end of dream in corporate bedroom
- Multiple crash site?
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The straight part
We know that "Where kippers might be" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case where kippers might be = dorm.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DORM mean?
DORM verb- To reside in a dorm.
- A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
- A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
- A dormitory town.