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Transport for those who are late (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hearses

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'those who are late' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'transport for' is the wordplay.
'transport' becomes 'hearse' (hearse is a kind of transport).
'for' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hearse'+'s'='HEARSES'

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(Other definitions for hearses that I've seen before include "Vehicles for carrying coffins" , "Cars for corpses" , "The last carriers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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