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Course not to be taken by drivers (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pathway

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'be taken by drivers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'course not' is the wordplay.
'course' becomes 'path' ('path' can be a synonym of 'course').
'not' becomes 'way' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'path'+'way'='PATHWAY'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pathway that I've seen before include "Walking track" , "route? ..." , "A trodden track" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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