The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SKYROCKET
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More clues leading to the result SKYROCKET
- Variety of blue, edible leaves shoot up
- Blue plant displaying shoot high up
- Shoot up ice in island retreat, at last
- Shoot up filming locale around Kentucky boulder
- Outlet stocking 1,000-year firework
- Shock permeates island — without cuts taxes shoot up
- Where in Whitechapel you’ll find 5 go through the roof?
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The straight part
We know that "shoot up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shoot up = skyrocket.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SKYROCKET mean?
SKYROCKET noun- A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
- (by extension) A rebuke, a scolding.
- Pocket.
- To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.