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Local turns up with one on horse (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arab

'horse' is the definition.
(Arab is an example)

'local turns up with one' is the wordplay.
'local' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'turns up' is a reversal indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'a'.
'bar' backwards is 'rab'.
'rab' after 'a' is 'ARAB'.

'on' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for arab that I've seen before include "race" , "Horse of a breed originating in the Middle East" , "Semite" , "Someone from the Middle East or North Africa, perhaps" , "One from Saudi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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