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Additional matter involving learner driver (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plus

'additional' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'matter involving learner driver' is the wordplay.
'matter' becomes 'pus' (pus is a kind of matter**).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'learner driver' becomes 'l' (I've seen this in other clues).
'pus' enclosing 'l' is 'PLUS'.

(Other definitions for plus that I've seen before include "Added extra" , "being a little cross" , "sign of more to come" , "As well as" , "An advantage (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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