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Distance travelled in reverse, for example, by a cart (7)

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I believe the answer is:

yardage

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'distance travelled in' is the definition.
'yardage' can be an answer for 'distance' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'travelled in' bit.

'reverse for example by a cart' is the wordplay.
'reverse' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'for example' becomes 'eg' (synonyms).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cart' becomes 'dray' (a cart without sides for delivering heavy loads).
'eg'+'a'+'dray'='egadray'
'egadray' in reverse letter order is 'YARDAGE'.

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(Other definitions for yardage that I've seen before include "measure" , "Distance gained (Am. football)" , "Gay dear (anag.)" , "Golf or American Football statistic" , "Length in units of three feet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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