The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word JETTISON
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More clues leading to the result JETTISON
- Mole, tailed, sits atop ditch
- Discard black metal boxes thus
- Remove sozzled sot in plane put at the front
- Scrap metal plating thus put on aircraft
- It’s plastic lining stone sides of open ditch
- Fly is not flying around dump
- Moles, deprived of energy, running in ditch
- Eject drunk sot in plane sitting at the front
- Engine is not to be broken up for scrap
- Get rid of judge with jumbled notes about it returned
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The straight part
We know that "ditch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ditch = jettison.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 JETTISON mean?
JETTISON noun- (collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
- The action of jettisoning items.
- To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
- To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.