African has time to get car (5)
I believe the answer is:
motor
'car' is the definition.
(motor can informally mean a car)
'african has time' is the wordplay.
'african' becomes 'moor' (I've seen this before).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'moor' going around 't' is 'MOTOR'.
'to get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for motor that I've seen before include "Driver" , "(Transport using) engine" , "Make good progress" , "Move quickly" , "Machine that converts energy into motion" .)