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The elite, in fact, ride all over the place (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

definite article

'the' is the definition.

'elite in fact ride all over the place' is the wordplay.
'all over the place' indicates an anagram.
'elite'+'in'+'fact'+'ride'='eliteinfactride'
'eliteinfactride' anagrammed gives 'DEFINITE ARTICLE'.

(Other definitions for definite article that I've seen before include "Maybe the" , "Black and white feature in paper" , "In English, it's always the" , "part of speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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