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Drove from school with magazine director (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

compelled

'drove' is the definition.
(to compel is to force or drive)

'school with magazine director' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'comp' (short for comprehensive school).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'magazine' becomes 'elle' (fashion magazine).
'director' becomes 'd'.
'comp'+'elle'+'d'='COMPELLED'

'from' acts as a link.

(Another definition for compelled that I've seen is " Forced".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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