The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BRADFORD
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More clues leading to the result BRADFORD
- Publicity supporting Democrat backing British city
- Supporter and daughter crossing city
- Dictionary found in Yorkshire city
- Supporter, given magnitude of the cup, keeps supporting City
- Duck escaping from wide expanse of water on road in city
- Awfully drab car in northern city
- Yorkshire city supporter with no change in degree?
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The straight part
We know that "Yorkshire city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case yorkshire city = bradford.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.