The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 plus 5 letter word AND SO FORTH
A
N
D
S
O
F
O
R
T
H
More clues leading to the result AND SO FORTH
- Also short of rum, et cetera
- Sort of hand exercises, etc
- Some strands of orthodoxy, etc
- Sort of hand shuffled etc
- Thousands of orthopaedic cases etc
- Plucked from thousands of orthodontists et cetera
- Hot rod fans confounded etc
- Hot-rod fan’s broken, etc
- Also short of bubbly, etc
- Sort of hand that’s shuffled etc.
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "among other things" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case among other things = and so forth.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.