The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HAUL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result HAUL
- Hot gold left in takings from robbery?
- Quantity of fish in college dining room, it’s said
- A lot of sound about Uruguay’s initial medal tally
- Carry away proceeds of robbery
- Drag prince round university
- Net gain from trawling?
- Items stolen from country house reported on radio
- Swag from big room reportedly
- Reportedly, where one might find students to pull
- Net gain?
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The straight part
We know that "Net gain from trawling" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case net gain from trawling = haul.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HAUL mean?
HAUL noun- An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.
- The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.
- An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.
- Short for haul video.
- (ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred.
- To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
- To draw or pull something heavy.
- To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
- To drag, to pull, to tug.
- Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
- To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
- To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
- Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
- To haul ass.