Beast from Open University good in car (6)
I believe the answer is:
cougar
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cougar that I've seen before include "North American puma" , "Large American feline" , "American wildcat, puma" , "Cat, aka puma" , "Big cat" .)