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Beast from Open University good in car (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cougar

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'beast' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'open university good in car' is the wordplay.
'open university' becomes 'OU'.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ou'+'g'='oug'
'oug' placed within 'car' is 'COUGAR'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cougar that I've seen before include "North American puma" , "Large American feline" , "American wildcat, puma" , "Cat, aka puma" , "Big cat" .)

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