The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ROADS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ROADS
- Spoke of island ways
- Transport network for island under discussion
- Figurative career choices, I say?
- Colonialist discussed aspect of infrastructure
- Ways in which boards head off differently
- Poles embracing American ways
- A part of Norfolk that’s not British
- Used by cars and ships in a Greek island, say
- Sounds like Greek island ways
- Ways Greek island gets reported
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The straight part
We know that "ways" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ways = roads.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ROADS mean?
ROADS noun- A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
- A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation.
- A path chosen in life or career.
- An underground tunnel in a mine.
- A railway or a single railway track.
- The act of riding on horseback.
- A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
- (often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
- A journey, or stage of a journey.
- A way or route.
- (occasionally in the singular) A roadstead.