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Amount of water I put in a car (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fiord

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'amount of water' is the definition.
'fiord' can be an answer for 'water' (fiord is a kind of water). I'm not certain of the 'amount of' bit.

'i put in a car' is the wordplay.
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'a car' becomes 'ford' (Ford is a make of car).
'i' placed inside 'ford' is 'FIORD'.

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(Other definitions for fiord that I've seen before include "Deep sea inlet as in Norway" , "Long narrow sea inlet between high cliffs" , "Long, steep inlet from the sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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