Perhaps bypasses telephone and sticks around area (4-5)

'perhaps bypasses telephone' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'sticks around area' is the wordplay.
'sticks around' becomes 'ring' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'area' becomes 'roads' (roads is a kind of area).
'ring'+'roads'='RING-ROADS'

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?