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Urge one has next to empty dragster? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drive

'urge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one has next to empty dragster?' is the wordplay.
'one has' becomes 'I've' (contraction of I have).
'next to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'dragster' with its middle taken out is 'dr'.
'ive' put after 'dr' is 'DRIVE'.

(Other definitions for drive that I've seen before include "Sales campaign - energy - push" , "Pilot a 4x4" , "Motivate" , "run saloon?" , "Trip in car - road to house" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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