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Roundabout in Rome's outskirts? Charge around it (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indirect

'roundabout' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'rome's outskirts? charge around it' is the wordplay.
'outskirts?' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'outskirts of' mean this).
'charge' becomes 'indict' (indicting is a kind of charging).
'around it' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rome' with its centre taken out is 're'.
're' going into 'indict' is 'INDIRECT'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for indirect that I've seen before include "Circumlocutory" , "Roundabout (route)" , "Round about" , "Not going straight to the point" , "In credit (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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