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Trailer on truck with electronic ID first to benefit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

advantage

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'to benefit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'trailer on truck with' is the wordplay.
'trailer' becomes 'ad' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'truck with' becomes 'vantage' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ad'+'vantage'='ADVANTAGE'

'electronic id first' is the link.
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(Other definitions for advantage that I've seen before include "Benefit - superior position" , "First point scored after deuce in tennis" , "Profit, tennis score" , "Asset" , "Benefit, profit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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