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Hazards of drivers and divers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bends

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'hazards of drivers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'and divers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'beds' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bends that I've seen before include "Diver's affliction" , "Road curves" , "Buckles" , "deadly to the diver" , "Decompression sickness" .)

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