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Revolting Greek supermarket moved custard out of the road (9)

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I believe the answer is:

spartacus

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'the road' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'revolting greek supermarket moved custard out' is the wordplay.
'revolting greek supermarket' becomes 'spa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'moved' indicates an anagram.
'out' means to remove the last letter.
'custard' with its final letter taken off is 'custar'.
'custar' is an anagram of 'rtacus'.
'spa'+'rtacus'='SPARTACUS'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for spartacus that I've seen before include "Roman revolutionary" , "Thracian who led the 73 BC slave revolt against Rome" , "1960 gladiator film" , "Roman slave who led an uprising against Roman legions" , "Rebellious Roman slave. d. c.71BC" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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