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Various drives near the end of the lane (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diverse

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'various' is the definition.
(I know that various can be written as diverse)

'drives near the end of the lane' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'drives' is 'divers' which is present in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for diverse that I've seen before include "Of different kind or variety" , "I served in many ways" , "Several" , "Many and varied" , "Multifarious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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