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Reference in city road construction (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dictionary

'reference' is the definition.
(dictionary is a kind of reference)

'in city road construction' is the wordplay.
'construction' is an anagram indicator (answer constructed from certain letters).
'in'+'city'+'road'='incityroad'
'incityroad' is an anagram of 'DICTIONARY'.

(Other definitions for dictionary that I've seen before include "Work full of meaning" , "Brewer's creation, say" , "Ordered book" , "glossary" , "Lexicon" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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