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Winding route following diversion primarily (6)

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detour

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'winding route following diversion primarily' is the definition.
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'winding route following diversion primarily' is the wordplay.
'winding' indicates an anagram.
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'diversion' is 'd'.
'route' is an anagram of 'etour'.
'etour' after 'd' is 'DETOUR'.

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(Other definitions for detour that I've seen before include "Deviation from the usual route" , "Roundabout way or bypass" , "A way around or deviation from intended route" , "Deviation from usual course" , "Diversion" .)

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