The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MILEAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MILEAGE
- Benefit from 45 to 65 maybe after daughters leave
- With drunken glee I’m glugging absinthe to begin with — how far gone?
- Motorway group, not united in revealing distance travelled
- Distance from motorway? Three miles cutting out the bend
- One priest travels west, protected by another for a distance
- Use muddled lime to improve whiskey, in a way
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Distance" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case distance = mileage.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 MILEAGE mean?
MILEAGE noun- The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
- The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
- An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
- The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.
- Something worth taking into consideration.