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Passes on major road having elevated sections (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imparts

'passes on' is the definition.
('impart' can be a synonym of 'pass on')

'major road having elevated sections' is the wordplay.
'major road' becomes 'MI' (resembles M1, English motorway).
'having elevated' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'sections' becomes 'parts' ('part' can be a synonym of 'section').
'mi' backwards is 'im'.
'im'+'parts'='IMPARTS'

(Other definitions for imparts that I've seen before include "grants" , "Communicates" , "Passes on knowledge" , "Transmits, knowledge perhaps" , "Gives information about armpits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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