The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TURBULENT
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More clues leading to the result TURBULENT
- Dry westerly heading for UK, fast and swirling
- High-powered car, mostly refined and fast, producing commotion
- Posh French wine tipped over fast, making a mess
- Trout’s tail to turn blue when cooked having a disturbing effect
- Universal bar suits regularly getting promoted over Fast and Furious
- Disturbed nut cavorting with butler
- Unruly, primitive male cut off inside camp
- Revolution of Cologne University fast and furious
- Disorderly system backed criminal framing university student
- Raging, old city animal cut short in circus setting
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The straight part
We know that "swirling" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case swirling = turbulent.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TURBULENT mean?
TURBULENT adjective- Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous
- Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest