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How to maintain a career on the road (5)

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I believe the answer is:

steer

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'how to maintain a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'career on the road' is the wordplay.
'career' becomes 'eer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the road' becomes 'st'.
'eer' after 'st' is 'STEER'.

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(Other definitions for steer that I've seen before include "Reset so as to direct" , "bovine creature" , "give guidance" , "Guide (eg, a ship)" , "Cattle - drive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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