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Answer for the clue "One going on the offense ", 8 letters:
tailback

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Word definitions for tailback in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion; a traffic jam

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tailback can mean: A position in American football at the "tail" end of the offensive formation, typically a halfback A line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion ; a traffic jam

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (football) the person who plays tailback the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage

Usage examples of tailback.

The handsome Tiger tailback, famous college star and glamour boy of pro football, was another doubtful one.

Up until now the problems had been fairly basic‑things like it being obsolete before they had finished building it, Einsteinian tailbacks that eventually became tailforwards, that kind of thing.