Community high-up travelling route with car (8)

I believe the answer is:

eurocrat

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'community high-up' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'travelling route with car' is the wordplay.
'travelling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'route' put after 'car' is 'carroute'.
'carroute' is an anagram of 'EUROCRAT'.

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(Other definitions for eurocrat that I've seen before include "Brussels official - our trace (anag)" , "Common Market official" , "Brussels employee" , "Brussels functionary" , "Brussels mandarin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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