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Traffic to hurry round far side of village (5)

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I believe the answer is:

trade

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'traffic' is the definition.
(traffic can mean illegal trade)

'hurry round far side of village' is the wordplay.
'hurry' becomes 'dart' (darting is a kind of hurrying).
'round' says the letters should be written backwards.
'far side of village' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dart' back-to-front is 'trad'.
'trad'+'e'='TRADE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for trade that I've seen before include "Personal occupation" , "Deal commercially" , "Buying and selling of goods" , "Barter or swap" , "Skilled occupation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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