Cryptic crossword clue
Skyline shows train travelling through high pass 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONTRAIL

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What does CONTRAIL mean?

CONTRAIL noun
  1. An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.

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