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School meals leading to transport cost? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

train fare

'transport cost?' is the definition.
(cost of travelling on a train)

'school meals leading' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'train' (training is a kind of schooling).
'meals' becomes 'fare'.
'leading' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'train'+'fare'='TRAIN FARE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for train fare that I've seen before include "Perhaps commute cost" , "the cost of going" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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