Cryptic crossword clue
Dances round circle, running, and gets puffed out? 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BALLOONS

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The straight part
We know that "gets puffed out" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gets puffed out = balloons.
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.
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What does BALLOONS mean?

BALLOONS noun
  1. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
  2. Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
  3. Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
  4. A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
  5. A speech bubble.
  6. A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
  7. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
  8. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
  9. A bomb or shell.
  10. A game played with a large inflated ball.
  11. (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
  12. A woman's breast.
  13. A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
BALLOONS verb
  1. To increase or expand rapidly.
  2. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
  3. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
  4. To inflate like a balloon.
  5. To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
BALLOONS noun
  1. An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.

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