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Commercial vehicle with identification at rear of offside edge (9)

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I believe the answer is:

advantage

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'edge' is the definition.
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'commercial vehicle with identification at rear of offside' is the wordplay.
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'vehicle' becomes 'van' (van is a kind of vehicle).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'identification at' becomes 'tag' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rear of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'offside' is 'e'.
'ad'+'van'+'tag'+'e'='ADVANTAGE'

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(Other definitions for advantage that I've seen before include "First point scored after deuce in tennis" , "Use" , "Edge, head start" , "Profit, tennis score" , "Superior or more favourable position" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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