The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VOLCANIC
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result VOLCANIC
- Very conical, explosive?
- Explosive in large container carried by express, mostly
- Terribly vocal, not entirely pleasant, and liable to explode
- Inclined to blow one’s top?
- Book about leaders of note in conurbation like St Helens
- Like Vesuvius – very conical, erupting
- Moving vocal, pleasant but lacking energy, is emotionally charged
- Chevron atop roughly conical explosive
- One by one going through volumes – fiery and given to eruptions
- Very old container in spot, most likely to explode violently
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The straight part
We know that "Inclined to blow one’s top/Inclined to blow one’s top" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case inclined to blow one’s top/inclined to blow one’s top = volcanic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does VOLCANIC mean?
VOLCANIC noun- A volcanic rock.
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.