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Team of highwaymen, by the way? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roadside

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'by the way?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'team of highwaymen' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'team' could be 'side' (both can mean a sports team) and 'side' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rad' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for roadside that I've seen before include "Bordering on the street" , "Position of pavement artist" , "Edge of the highway" , "where speed-checks may be?" , "Verge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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