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Course requiring drivers with learner signs (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

links

'course requiring drivers' is the definition.
(links can mean a golf course - golfers drive balls)

'with learner signs' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'signs' becomes 'inks' (inking is a kind of signing).
'l'+'inks' is 'LINKS'.

(Other definitions for links that I've seen before include "Bonds" , "Connecting parts" , "Where golfers play" , "course for sportspeople" , "Golf course on sandy ground near a shore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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