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Mount rearmost of horses in major road (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinai

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'mount' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rearmost of horses in major road' is the wordplay.
'rearmost of horses' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'major road' becomes 'AI' (resembles As, major English road).
's'+'in'+'ai'='SINAI'

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(Other definitions for sinai that I've seen before include "Mountainous peninsula in Egypt" , "Egyptian desert" , "Law handed down here" , "One showing genetic change" , "Biblical mount" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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