Cryptic crossword clue
Tracks made by pile-up with top fully down 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HUNTS

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The straight part
We know that "Tracks" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tracks = hunts.
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What does HUNTS mean?

HUNTS noun
  1. The act of hunting.
  2. A hunting expedition.
  3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
  4. A pack of hunting dogs.
HUNTS verb
  1. To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
  2. To try to find something; search (for).
  3. To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
  4. To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
  5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
  6. (bell-ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
  7. (bell-ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.
  8. To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

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