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What the passenger did, mentioning the road (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rode

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'what the passenger did' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'mentioning the road' is the wordplay.
'mentioning' shows a homophone (sound like).
'road' is a homophone of 'RODE'.

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(Other definitions for rode that I've seen before include "Went on horeseback" , "Travelled on horse" , "Went mounted" , "did some travelling" , "Travelled on the back of an animal" .)

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