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Wrong road for biblical mount (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinai

'biblical mount' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'wrong road' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'sin' (wrong can mean a sin or crime).
'road' becomes 'AI' (resembles A1, a major UK road).
'sin'+'ai'='SINAI'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sinai that I've seen before include "Mount where Moses received God's law" , "place to receive instructions about behaviour" , "Mt. where Moses received 10 Commandments" , "Egyptian desert" , "Peninsula, mostly desert, at north end of Red Sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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