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After tea say took charge of games as coach perhaps (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

transport

'coach perhaps' is the definition.
(coach is a kind of transport)

'after tea say took charge of games' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'took charge of' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this in other clues).
'games' becomes 'sport' (sporting games).
'tea' is a homophone of 't'.
't' put next to 'ran' is 'tran'.
'tran'+'sport'='TRANSPORT'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for transport that I've seen before include "Move something or somebody around" , "Movement (of goods or people)" , "Carry from one place to another" , "which may be public?" , "Convey - delight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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