The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word AUDITORIA
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More clues leading to the result AUDITORIA
- Where some may hear a posh leader endlessly
- Where listeners sit, check old song over
- Song embracing nakedness – having no clothes, nothing – may be heard here
- One perusing books and article about Italy’s theatres
- Where one may hear tenor interrupting Carmen by second half of aria
- Examiner overturning top mark in halls
- Check on old artist touring independent theatres
- Houses vet next to old unfinished Moroccan palace
- Song about it duo ruined in concert halls
- Places where some are dazzled and most are kept in the dark?
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What does AUDITORIA mean?
AUDITORIA noun- A large room for public meetings or performances.
- (in a theater, etc.) The space where the audience is located.