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Small group of people taken aback about country transport (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estate cars

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'small group of people taken aback' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'about country transport' is the wordplay.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'country' becomes 'estates' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'transport' becomes 'car' (car is a method of transport).
'estates' placed around 'car' is 'ESTATE CARS'.

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(Another definition for estate cars that I've seen is " Vehicles".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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