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Natural consequence of putting Toyota on railway (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

corollary

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'natural consequence of' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'toyota on railway' is the wordplay.
'toyota' becomes 'corolla' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'railway' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'corolla'+'ry'='COROLLARY'

'putting' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for corollary that I've seen before include "Proposition that follows logically" , "Direct consequence or result" , "Deduction; consequence" .)

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