The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ANTELOPES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ANTELOPES
- Wild animals run into stakes
- Reportedly against bounds for large animals
- Wanted edges rubbed off with springs and chamois, perhaps
- They run up volcano with long striding gaits
- Beastly bounders escape to match in ‘ampshire
- Dec publicises courtship openly, whereas his partner ___. Horny creatures
- . Does hard worker run away with chief surgeon?
- . Desires, after losing the opener, to slip away inside to find some bovids
- Worker runs off as these beasts appear
- Lions' prey is not asleep, unfortunately
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The straight part
We know that "They run" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case they run = antelopes.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ANTELOPES mean?
ANTELOPES noun- Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
- The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
- A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.