The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INDOORS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result INDOORS
- Not out and batting before wickets?
- Wife described using her this, perhaps, getting Rodin so agitated
- No way out with these in the house?
- Popular party’s welcoming or not the place for outsiders?
- Fashionable small cross -- upset it's under cover?
- Sculpted Rodins, including ‘Duck Under a Roof’
- Covered, as was late Ray Manzarek
- Modern medic ducks inside with son, under cover
- Trendy parties — outside or not outside
- Find loo or skip preliminaries and take a little stroll behind walls?
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The straight part
We know that "Wife/ described using her this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wife/ described using her this = indoors.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does INDOORS mean?
INDOORS noun- The interior of a building; the space inside buildings generally.
- In or into a building.