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Challenge on reflection no good: how to go from London to Leeds? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

impugn

'challenge' is the definition.
(impugning is a kind of challenging)

'reflection no good how to go from london to leeds?' is the wordplay.
'reflection' is a reversal indicator.
'no' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'how to go from london to leeds?' becomes 'upmi' (resembles UP M1 - the M1 connects London to Leeds).
'n'+'g'+'upmi'='ngupmi'
'ngupmi' back-to-front is 'IMPUGN'.

'on' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for impugn that I've seen before include "Express doubts about truth or honesty of, say motives" , "Blacken the name of" , "Attack as false, challenge" , "Call into question; criticise" , "Nip mug badly and call in question" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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