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Vehicle taking us on a secondary road (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bus

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'vehicle' is the definition.
(public transport vehicle)

'us on a secondary road' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a secondary road' becomes 'b' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'us' put after 'b' is 'BUS'.

'taking' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bus that I've seen before include "Large passenger vehicle - small business!" , "Of projectiles; (go) mad (slang)" , "Charabanc" , "Use transport" , "Road vehicle able to carry many passengers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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