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Principal road for progress (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headway

'for progress' is the definition.
(headway is a kind of progress)

'principal road' is the wordplay.
'principal' becomes 'head' (synonyms).
'road' becomes 'way' (I've seen this in other clues).
'head'+'way'='HEADWAY'

(Other definitions for headway that I've seen before include "Ground" , "make progress" , "Advance" , "Progress or forward motion" , "Progress, forward movement" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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