The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OCEANS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OCEANS
- Heading for Clacton on Sea, wasted huge amounts
- Billy’s mains
- Canoes buffeted around a lot
- Southern Indian expanses?
- Where canoes founder?
- The earth’s five main features
- Seas, as once ranged around
- Old church has brief solution for a large amount
- Directed a second detailed series of heist films
- Canoes drifting in large water bodies
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The straight part
We know that "a large amount" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a large amount = oceans.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 OCEANS mean?
OCEANS noun- One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
- Water belonging to an ocean.
- An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
- A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).