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Free travel i.e. around Belgium? It's true (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

veritable

'true' is the definition.
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'free travel i e around belgium?' is the wordplay.
'free' is an anagram indicator.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'belgium?' becomes 'b' (international vehicle registration code).
'travel'+'i'+'e'='travelie'
'travelie' is an anagram of 'veritale'.
'veritale' placed around 'b' is 'VERITABLE'.

'it's' is the link.

(Other definitions for veritable that I've seen before include "Positive" , "Actual -- authentic" , "True, genuine" , "True - real" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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