The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AFAR
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result AFAR
- Miles away from a ranch — miles away!
- A long way behind with paintings
- A taxi passenger’s last to be dropped some way away
- Starts to approach from access road a long way off
- A service returned from a distance
- Great flag to the west regularly appearing at a distance
- A public entertainment, not one a million miles away?
- A group of aviators soaring a great distance
- Discover big game trip from a great distance
- Stretch of Niagara Falls over quite some distance
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What does AFAR mean?
AFAR adverb- At, to, or from a great distance; far away.