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Parking on narrow street is bound to take off (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plane

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'take off' is the definition.
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'parking on narrow street' is the wordplay.
'parking' becomes 'p'.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'narrow street' becomes 'lane' (I've seen this before).
'p'+'lane'='PLANE'

'is bound to' is the link.
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(Other definitions for plane that I've seen before include "Form of transport" , "Woodworking tool" , "Aircraft - level surface - carpenter's tool" , "Nepal (anag.)" , "Smoother" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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