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A vehicle principally noted in South Africa’s grasslands (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

savanna

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'a vehicle principally noted in south africa's grasslands' is the definition.
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'a vehicle principally noted in south africa's' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'van' (type of vehicle).
'principally' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'south africa' becomes 'SA' (abbreviation).
The initial letter of 'noted' is 'n'.
'a'+'van'+'n'='avann'
'avann' inserted inside 'sa' is 'SAVANNA'.

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(Other definitions for savanna that I've seen before include "Open grasslands of Africa" , "African grassland" , "Tropical African grasslands" , "Grassy (African) plain" , "Large grassy plain with few trees" .)

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