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One who lags behind bus that stops everywhere?

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slowcoach

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'one who lags behind bus that stops everywhere?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'one who lags behind bus' is the wordplay.
'one who lags' becomes 'slow' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'behind' says to put letters next to each other.
'bus' becomes 'coach' (synonyms).
'slow'+'coach'='SLOWCOACH'

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(Other definitions for slowcoach that I've seen before include "Not a fast worker" , "One who is sluggish in work or actions, due to tardy vehicle?" , "Tortoise-like walker" , "certainly not one of the fleet" , "One who takes time to do things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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