Change wet clothes left for rides in the country (3-7)

'rides in the country' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'change wet clothes left' is the wordplay.
'change' becomes 'alter' (synonyms).
'wet' becomes 'rain' (wet weather).
'clothes' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are clothed in others).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'alter'+'rain'='alterrain'
'alterrain' enclosing 'l' is 'ALL-TERRAIN'.

'for' is the link.

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