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How to get Elan where cars are banned? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cycle lane

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'cars are banned?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'how to get elan' is the wordplay.
'how' becomes 'cycle' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to get' indicates putting letters inside.
'cycle' enclosing 'elan' is 'CYCLE LANE'.

'where' is the link.

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