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Went on horseback, we hear, to make highway (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

road

'highway' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'went on horseback we hear' is the wordplay.
'went on horseback' becomes 'rode' (I've seen this before).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'rode' sounds like 'ROAD'.

'to make' is the link.

(Other definitions for road that I've seen before include "Way travelled by boat" , "public highway" , "Parting guests used to take 'one for the --'" , "Way to achieving a particular outcome" , "See 10" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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