The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CARCASS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CARCASS
- Body of vehicle about to be put on ship
- Motor about to be put on ship’s framework
- Body of motor first off contains dipstick
- Remains caught when surrounded by some traffic
- Hillman, perhaps, caught with donkey’s body
- Body of accountant and Catholic found by a ship?
- Framework from vehicle on Central American ship
- Body of animal under vehicle, cold
- Body of vehicle crushed at the front and behind
- Body's cold — car crashed over animal
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The straight part
We know that "Body" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case body = carcass.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CARCASS mean?
CARCASS noun- The body of a dead animal.
- (meat trade) The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.
- The body of a dead human, a corpse.
- The framework of a structure, especially one not normally seen.
- An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.