The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TURBOPROP
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TURBOPROP
- Engine driver has support
- Engine in lead, up around poor ground, following northward track
- Tailless flatfish needs support like some jet aircraft
- In which to fly fish, not entirely upright
- Engine with extremes of power breaking bad robot up
- Use it to fly-fish endlessly for profit at first
- Sort of plane or tub designed for power
- Sailor at last in old boat, with nothing to support engine
- Sort of champagne served up on old rugby player’s aeroplane
- Engine trouble having worsened, the French withdraw support
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The straight part
We know that "some jet aircraft" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case some jet aircraft = turboprop.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does TURBOPROP mean?
TURBOPROP noun- A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
- An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.