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Driver reaches the end here? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delta

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'driver' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'the end here?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 'definite article' ('the' is the definite article in English).
'end' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (I've seen 'ends' mean this).
'here?' becomes 'lta' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'definitearticle' with its centre taken out is 'de'.
'de'+'lta'='DELTA'

'reaches' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for delta that I've seen before include "Code word for D" , "Split river mouth system" , "Roughly triangular area of alluvial deposits" , "Extended area at river mouth" , "first used by Daedalus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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