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Transport market rising? About right (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tramcar

'transport' is the definition.
(tramcar is a kind of transport)

'market rising? about right' is the wordplay.
'market' becomes 'mart' (synonyms).
'rising?' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'about' becomes 'ca' (circa).
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'mart' written backwards gives 'tram'.
'tram'+'ca'+'r'='TRAMCAR'

(Other definitions for tramcar that I've seen before include "Passenger vehicle running on rails" , "Electrical vehicle" , "Public street transport on rails" , "Electrically driven public transport vehicle" , "Electric transport" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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