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Money deposited by the German road joining an autobahn? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feeder

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'road joining an autobahn?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'money deposited by the german' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'fee' ().
'deposited by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the german' becomes 'der' ('the' in German).
'fee'+'der'='FEEDER'

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(Other definitions for feeder that I've seen before include "Supplier" , "Bird food container" , "Tributary" , "electrical conductor" , "Plant or animal that takes food in certain way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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