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Joins course for coastal drivers? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

links

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'joins' is the definition.
('link' can be a synonym of 'join')

'course for coastal drivers?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'course' could be 's' and 's' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'link' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for links that I've seen before include "Golf courses close to the sea" , "Bonds" , "Bits of chain" , "(Seaside) golf course - connections" , "Where golfers play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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