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The man from the Ministry of Transport? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

tom

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'the man' is the definition.
(Tom is a man's name)

'the ministry of transport?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'ministry of transport?' becomes 'om' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't'+'om'='TOM'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tom that I've seen before include "Man's name; male cat" , "A male domestic cat" , "Very small person" , "Male feline" , "Cruise" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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