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Drove badly, I figure, and went too far (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overdid

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'went too far' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drove badly i figure' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'i figure' becomes 'id' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'drove' anagrammed gives 'overd'.
'overd'+'id'='OVERDID'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for overdid that I've seen before include "Made too much of" , "went too far" , "operated excessively" , "Exaggerated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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