Cryptic crossword clue
Disastrous bringing folios in for good trade 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TRAFFIC

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The straight part
We know that "trade" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case trade = traffic.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TRAFFIC mean?

TRAFFIC noun
  1. Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof.
  2. Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
  3. Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.
  4. Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.
  5. Commodities of the market.
TRAFFIC verb
  1. To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
  2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
  3. To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

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