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Inflated wheel, oddly, to go in wheel-less conveyance (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swelled

'inflated' is the definition.
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'wheel oddly to go in wheel-less conveyance' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters.
'to go in' indicates putting letters inside.
'wheel-less conveyance' becomes 'sled'.
The alternating letters of 'wheel' are 'wel'.
'wel' going into 'sled' is 'SWELLED'.

(Other definitions for swelled that I've seen before include "Puffed up" , "Inflated" , "Expanded" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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