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Welshman tailed driver without licence -- here? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhyl

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'without licence here?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'welshman tailed driver' is the wordplay.
'welshman' becomes 'rhys' (common Welsh first name).
'tailed' means to remove the last letter (to tail something can mean to remove its end).
'driver' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rhys' with its final letter removed is 'rhy'.
'rhy'+'l'='RHYL'

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(Other definitions for rhyl that I've seen before include "North Wales resort" , "Clwyd resort" , "North Welsh resort" , "N Wales resort" , "Seaside resort in Denbighshire" .)

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