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Escort and look after carriage heading for Oxford (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gigolo

'escort' is the definition.
(term for a male escort)

'look after carriage heading for oxford' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'carriage' becomes 'gig' (gig is a kind of carriage).
'heading for' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'oxford' is 'o'.
'gig'+'o'='gigo'
'lo' put after 'gigo' is 'GIGOLO'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for gigolo that I've seen before include "Paid male lover" , "Lounge lizard" , "Professional male escort" , "Male lover for hire" , "dancing partner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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