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Be in right gear, good enough to enter lot — centre includes parking (4,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

look the part

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'be in right gear' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'good enough to enter lot centre includes parking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'good' could be 'ok' and 'ok' is found within the answer.
'parking' could be 'p' (abbreviation on road signs) and 'p' is found in the answer.
'centre' could be 'heart' (synonyms) and 'heart' is present in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'lot' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for look the part that I've seen before include "Have an appearance in keeping with one's role" , "Seem fit for a role" , "Be in the right gear" , "Appear suitable for one's role" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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