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Take offence, left in second-class transport (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bridle

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'take offence' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'left in second-class transport' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'second class' becomes 'b'.
'transport' becomes 'ride' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'b'+'ride'='bride'
'l' inserted into 'bride' is 'BRIDLE'.

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(Other definitions for bridle that I've seen before include "Show indignation" , "Part of horse's harness that goes on its head" , "Headgear used to control a horse" , "Rein" , "Take offence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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