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Bill in the train transported coal (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anthracite

'coal' is the definition.
(anthracite is a kind of coal)

'bill in the train transported' is the wordplay.
'bill' becomes 'ac'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'transported' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'train'='thetrain'
'thetrain' with letters rearranged gives 'anthrite'.
'ac' going inside 'anthrite' is 'ANTHRACITE'.

(Other definitions for anthracite that I've seen before include "Hard variety of coal" , "kind of fuel" , "High-grade hard coal" , "Hard type of coal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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