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A panda car's banged up during police round (7)

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I believe the answer is:

bearcat

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'a panda' is the definition.
(term for the red panda)

'car's banged up during police round' is the wordplay.
'banged up' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'police round' becomes 'beat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'car' is an anagram of 'rca'.
'rca' placed into 'beat' is 'BEARCAT'.

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(Other definitions for bearcat that I've seen before include "Cabaret (anag) - red panda" , "Animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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