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Praising person famous for driving on the right (9)

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I believe the answer is:

laudatory

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'praising' is the definition.
(I know that praising can be written as laudatory)

'person famous for driving on the right' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'D.A.' (D.A. is an example).
'famous for driving' becomes 'lau' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the right' becomes 'tory' (Tory can mean Conservative or right-wing).
'da' put after 'lau' is 'lauda'.
'lauda'+'tory'='LAUDATORY'

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(Other definitions for laudatory that I've seen before include "Eulogistic" , "puffing" , "Full of praise" , "Expressing praise and commendation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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