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Joke about uniform on Parisian street upset driver (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chauffeur

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'driver' is the definition.
(chauffeur is a kind of driver)

'joke about uniform on parisian street upset' is the wordplay.
'joke' becomes 'chaff' (chaff can mean to tease or joke).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'uniform on' becomes 'u' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.**).
'parisian street' becomes 'rue'.
'upset' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'rue' back-to-front is 'eur'.
'chaff' going around 'u' is 'chauff'.
'chauff'+'eur'='CHAUFFEUR'

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(Other definitions for chauffeur that I've seen before include "Employed driver" , "One employed to drive a car for someone" , "Driver for private car" , "Professional driver" , "Personal driver" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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