The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRUNK
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The straight part
We know that "Long-distance/boot over the pond" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case long-distance/boot over the pond = trunk.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.
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What does TRUNK mean?
TRUNK noun- (heading, biological) Part of a body.
- (heading) A container.
- (heading) A channel for flow of some kind.
- In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
- The main line or body of anything.
- A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
- Shorts used for swimming (swim trunks).
- To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
- To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.