The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MAELSTROM
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More clues leading to the result MAELSTROM
- Eddy, top conductor, hogging large mike
- Marmoset roaming around Lima is a danger in the main
- Effect of current conductor having left in minutes
- Disorder of realm, most unstable
- La mer, most disturbed here?
- Realm most disordered?
- Confusion of line adopted by virtuoso beginning to moralise
- State of confusion in Salem about first to tour non-European capital
- He reported storm at sea, danger to shipping
- Malts mixed with more water being circulated
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The straight part
We know that "here" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case here = maelstrom.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MAELSTROM mean?
MAELSTROM noun- A large and violent whirlpool.
- Any violent or turbulent situation.