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Hitch, getting lift in northbound vehicle in outlying district (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suburb

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'vehicle in outlying district' is the definition.
'suburb' can be an answer for 'district' (suburb is a kind of district). I am not sure about the 'vehicle in outlying' bit.

'hitch getting lift in northbound' is the wordplay.
'hitch' becomes 'rub' (synonyms).
'getting lift' becomes 'bus' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'northbound' is a reversal indicator.
'rub' placed within 'bus' is 'brubus'.
'brubus' backwards is 'SUBURB'.

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(Other definitions for suburb that I've seen before include "Outlying city district" , "Residential urban district" , "Residential district on the outskirts of a city" , "Residential district away from city centre" , "District adjoining a town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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