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Puzzle of engineers going by public transport (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rebus

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

'engineers going by public transport' is the wordplay.
'engineers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers**).
'going by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'public transport' becomes 'bus' (bus is a kind of public transport).
're'+'bus'='REBUS'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rebus that I've seen before include "Picture-puzzle" , "Ian Rankin's Scottish detective" , "Pictorial wordplay" , "Visual wordplay - Rankin's inspector" , "Picture and word puzzle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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