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Passage in feature about bridge team (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

transit

'passage' is the definition.
('transit' can be a synonym of 'passage')

'feature about bridge team' is the wordplay.
'feature' becomes 'trait' (I've seen this before**).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'bridge team' becomes 'ns' (north and south are a team in bridge).
'trait' placed around 'ns' is 'TRANSIT'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for transit that I've seen before include "To pass through/across" , "In migration" , "Haulage" , "Conveyance of goods or people - tin star (anag)" , "Passage of planet across the disc of the sun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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