The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word AEROSPACE
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More clues leading to the result AEROSPACE
- Love speed, joining a modern industry
- Love coming in fast — the stuff of jets and rockets
- Aviation industry maybe quickly getting around upset, making a comeback
- Love to be involved in moving fast – NASA’s speciality?
- Industry for high flyers rapidly embracing lust
- Rose incredibly swiftly across the Earth’s atmosphere and beyond
- Astronaut’s first love and maybe a step forward for the rocket industry
- This business arose controversially on Cape complex
- Nasa’s speciality quickly harbours love
- A winged god's speed in air during flight
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The straight part
We know that "the stuff of jets and rockets" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the stuff of jets and rockets = aerospace.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AEROSPACE mean?
AEROSPACE noun- The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.
- The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
- Of, or relating to the Earth's atmosphere and nearby space.
- Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.