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Urbanites pull along in reverse at rest centre (7)

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I believe the answer is:

townies

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'urbanites' is the definition.
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'pull along in reverse at rest centre' is the wordplay.
'pull along' becomes 'tow' (towing is a kind of pulling along).
'in reverse' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'at' becomes 'in'.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letters of 'rest' are 'es'.
'in' back-to-front is 'ni'.
'tow'+'ni'+'es'='TOWNIES'

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(Another definition for townies that I've seen is " Those out of the country".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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