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Coach and cleaner going to a bar by college (9)

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I believe the answer is:

charabanc

'coach' is the definition.
(type of coach or bus)

'cleaner going to a bar by college' is the wordplay.
'cleaner' becomes 'char' (char can mean a cleaner).
'going to' says to put letters next to each other.
'bar' becomes 'ban' (bar can mean to ban or prohibit).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'college' becomes 'c'.
'char'+'a'+'ban'+'c'='CHARABANC'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for charabanc that I've seen before include "Old vehicle" , "Old tourist coach" , "Former coach" , "An ABC arch (anag) - early excursion bus" , "E.g. transport" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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