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Rider needs a new green pass (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

passenger

'rider' is the definition.
(I know that rider can be written as passenger)

'a new green pass' is the wordplay.
'a new' is an anagram indicator.
'green'+'pass'='greenpass'
'greenpass' anagrammed gives 'PASSENGER'.

'needs' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for passenger that I've seen before include "not contributing to other people's efforts?" , "Man on train" , "burden to the team" , "He's being taken for a ride" , "Useless member of team" .)

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