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Blacklegs providing taxis at the transport centre (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scabs

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'blacklegs' is the definition.
('scab' can be a synonym of 'blackleg')

'taxis at the transport centre' is the wordplay.
'taxis' becomes 'cabs' ('cab' can be a synonym of 'taxi').
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'the transport centre' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cabs' after 's' is 'SCABS'.

'providing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for scabs that I've seen before include "They continue to work" , "Wound crusts" , "Blacklegs, strikebreakers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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