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Old American highwaymen travelled on horses, reportedly followed by deputies (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

road agents

'old american highwaymen' is the definition.

'travelled on horses reportedly followed by deputies' is the wordplay.
'travelled on horses' becomes 'rode'.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'followed by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'deputies' becomes 'agents'.
'rode' sounds like 'road'.
'road'+'agents'='ROAD AGENTS'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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