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Drove the witches out of Coventry (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

try

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'drove' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'witches out of coventry' is the wordplay.
'witches' becomes 'coven' (a coven is a group of witches).
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters ('out of' can mean no longer having).
'coventry' with 'coven' taken out is 'TRY'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for try that I've seen before include "Judge" , "Attempt; smooth (wood)" , "A rugby score crossing the line" , "Sample" , "Go" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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