The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FJORD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result FJORD
- Sound judge brought in by former president
- Jack retained by car manufacturer — it's common in Norway
- President impressed by judge’s long opening
- Jack sits in car in a body of water
- Some of Jordan’s water
- Sea inlet where Jack goes in for diamonds
- Jack enters shallow river area for crossing to the inlet formed by glacial erosion
- Jack stops to cross narrow inlet
- American car driven round first of Junagadh’s inlet
- Scan water beginning to jet inside car
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The straight part
We know that "common in Norway" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case common in norway = fjord.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FJORD mean?
FJORD noun- A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.