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Private planes or trains (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

personal

'private' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'planes or trains' is the wordplay.
'trains' indicates anagramming the letters (train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'planes'+'or'='planesor'
'planesor' with letters rearranged gives 'PERSONAL'.

(Other definitions for personal that I've seen before include "Intimate - in the flesh" , "Confidential" , "Of one individual" , "Relating to the individual" , "Wounding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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