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A vehicle I and she had is no longer here (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vanished

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'no longer here' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'a vehicle i and she had' is the wordplay.
'a vehicle' becomes 'van' (van is a kind of vehicle).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'she had' becomes 'she'd'.
'van'+'i'+'shed'='VANISHED'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for vanished that I've seen before include "disappeared from sight" , "gone" , "Disappeared without trace" , "disappeared from view" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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