The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLANE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PLANE
- On which one might experience turbulence that's smoother
- Tree that goes high up into the sky
- Source of timber to make aircraft
- Aircraft ugly, did you say?
- Aircraft quietly landing on narrow road
- Smooth and quiet little street
- Tree without decoration by the sound of it
- Vehicle parking by road
- Tree at top of Princes Street
- Tree found in Nepal
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The straight part
We know that "Vehicle" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case vehicle = plane.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.
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What does PLANE mean?
PLANE noun- A level or flat surface.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
- A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
- An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- Of a surface: flat or level.
- A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- To smooth (wood) with a plane.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.
- The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
- To glide or soar.
- A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.