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Ignore this covering on road (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

street

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'road' is the definition.
(I know that road can be written as street)

'ignore this covering on' is the wordplay.
'ignore' becomes 'stet' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'this covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'on' becomes 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to').
'stet' enclosing 're' is 'STREET'.

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(Other definitions for street that I've seen before include "Urban thoroughfare" , "City road" , "Roadway" , "Way; setter (anag.)" , "Town road" .)

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