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Go the other way back (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reverse

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'back' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'go the other way' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'way' could be 's' (Compass direction - South) and 's' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'revere' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for reverse that I've seen before include "come back" , "One side of a coin" , "Transpose" , "Change" , "Go in the opposite direction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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