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Construction equipment motorist found behind large house (10)

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I believe the answer is:

piledriver

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'construction equipment' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'motorist found behind large house' is the wordplay.
'motorist' becomes 'driver' (I've seen this in another clue).
'found behind' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go behind others).
'large house' becomes 'pile' (informal term for a large building).
'driver' put after 'pile' is 'PILEDRIVER'.

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(Other definitions for piledriver that I've seen before include "Builder's equipment" , "needed for powerful shot" , "Machine for driving columns into ground - forceful punch" , "Forceful shot" , "Machine for knocking heavy stakes into the ground" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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