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The planes flying could be jumbos (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elephants

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

'the planes flying' is the wordplay.
'flying' is an anagram indicator.
'the'+'planes'='theplanes'
'theplanes' anagrammed gives 'ELEPHANTS'.

'could' is the link.

(Other definitions for elephants that I've seen before include "Jumbos" , "Five-toed pachyderms" , "Animals from the palest hen" , "big game" , "See 16" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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