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Endless abuse after directors take public transport (5,1,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

board a bus

'take public transport' is the definition.
(bus is a type of public transport vehicle)

'endless abuse after directors' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'directors' becomes 'board' (board of directors).
'abuse' with its last letter taken away is 'abus'.
'abus' put after 'board' is 'BOARD A BUS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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