The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TRAINLOAD
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More clues leading to the result TRAINLOAD
- Rational sporting daughter – such gets carried away but shouldn’t go off the rails
- Transfer to rail, and — all carried by it?
- Many commuters forget it in traditional travelling
- Unfortunately on trial, commercial travellers, the lot of them!
- School charge is a huge amount!
- Doctor and tailor railway capacity
- Squashed in a little bit, travelling on rail – all those people?
- Adorn tail, prancing around a lot
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "such gets carried away but shouldn’t go off the rails" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case such gets carried away but shouldn’t go off the rails = trainload.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 TRAINLOAD mean?
TRAINLOAD noun- The amount that can be transported by a train.
- (by extension) A large amount.