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Bar a popular kind of transport (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saloon

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'bar' is the definition.
(I know that bar can be written as saloon)

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(Other definitions for saloon that I've seen before include "Bar or shape of car" , "Large public room" , "Car with separate boot" , "Bar room" , "Pub room" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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