Spooner’s plan for water incursion: protective item on vehicle (7)
I believe the answer is:
mudflap
If this is the answer, I'm afraid I cannot explain it.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mudflap that I've seen before include "Splash guard on a wheel" , "Perhaps Ford's bodyguard" .)
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