The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRADE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TRADE
- Traffic needs to speed up heading for Edinburgh
- Wind to go suddenly, backing east
- Traffic in March moving easily at first
- On the up: pressman with skill for business
- Recalled primitive weapon being used with drug business
- Classical English commerce
- Dealings shelved? It’s a compromise
- English rush north for work
- Line of traffic
- Missile guided back to English business
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The straight part
We know that "Traffic" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case traffic = trade.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TRADE mean?
TRADE noun- Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
- A particular instance of buying or selling.
- An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
- Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
- Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
- The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
- An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
- The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
- (chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
- (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
- A brief sexual encounter.
- Instruments of any occupation.
- Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
- A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
- Course; custom; practice; occupation.
- To engage in trade.
- To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
- To give (something) in exchange for.
- To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
- To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
- To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).