The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SUBMARINE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SUBMARINE
- Replacement horse to stable in Sandwich
- Urn base I'm changing for deep vessel?
- Lend money to soldier for a sandwich
- Stand by, I’m near plastic vessel
- Irrational number is a means to go deeper
- Military vessel? It’s not seen in the main
- Extravagant roll could give man bruise
- Reversing vehicle, one going into French river — transport going under!
- One keeps a low profile in the main, perhaps
- Craft likely to go under
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What does SUBMARINE mean?
SUBMARINE noun- A boat that can go underwater.
- A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
- Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
- To operate or serve on a submarine.
- To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
- (sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
- Undersea.
- Hidden or undisclosed.
- Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.