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Female crew put in fashion goods for transport (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freightage

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'for transport' is the definition.
(freightage is a kind of transport)

'female crew put in fashion' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'crew' becomes 'eight' (an eight-person rowing team).
'put in' indicates putting letters inside.
'fashion' becomes 'rage' (something all the rage is fashionable).
'eight' going into 'rage' is 'reightage'.
'f'+'reightage'='FREIGHTAGE'

'goods' is the link.
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(Other definitions for freightage that I've seen before include "transport charge" , "cargo" , "Goods conveyed" , "Carrying" , "delivering goods in bulk" .)

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