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Shocked traders finally do business after crash (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thunderstruck

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'shocked' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'business after crash' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'truck' (dealings, as in 'having no truck with' something).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'crash' becomes 'thunders' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'truck' put after 'thunders' is 'THUNDERSTRUCK'.

'traders finally do' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for thunderstruck that I've seen before include "Dumbfounded" , "Amazed" , "Astonished" , "Extremely surprised" , "Completely taken aback" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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