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Old Roman vehicle bypassing deep track (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brutus

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'old roman' is the definition.
'brutus' can be an answer for 'roman' (I have seen 'Honourable Roman' mean 'brutus' so perhaps 'roman' could also mean 'brutus'). I am unsure of the 'old' bit.

'vehicle bypassing deep track' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'bus' (bus is a kind of vehicle).
'bypassing' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'deep track' becomes 'rut' (I've seen this before).
'bus' enclosing 'rut' is 'BRUTUS'.

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(Other definitions for brutus that I've seen before include "statesman who committed suicide in Macedonia" , "Caesar's assassin" , "legendary hero" , "One of Julius Caesar's assassins" , "Conspirator in the murder of Julius Caesar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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