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Ridiculous bus turned in a road (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absurd

'ridiculous' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'bus turned in a road' is the wordplay.
'turned' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'bus' with letters rearranged gives 'bsu'.
'a'+'rd'='ard'
'bsu' placed within 'ard' is 'ABSURD'.

(Other definitions for absurd that I've seen before include "'Ridiculous, silly (6)'" , "Incredible" , "Preposterous, nonsensical" , "Foolish, quite ridiculous" , "Arousing derision" .)

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