Roundabout route (5)

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detour

'roundabout route' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for detour that I've seen before include "Indirect route" , "A way round, say, road works" , "Deviation from direct course" , "Temporary route" , "Deviation from the usual route" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Mirror and the Evening Standard.

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