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A letter or two going by road (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lorry

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'road' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a letter or two going' is the wordplay.
'a letter' becomes 'l'.
'two going' becomes 'ry' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'l'+'or'+'ry'='LORRY'

'by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lorry that I've seen before include "From which stolen goods fall?" , "Large truck" , "Industrial vehicle" , "Commercial vehicle" , "Transport vehicle" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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