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Bloke in police car, recoiling (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cecil

'bloke' is the definition.
(Cecil matches up with the definition bloke)

'in police car recoiling' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'recoiling' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'licec' is hidden in the letters of 'police car'.
'licec' backwards is 'CECIL'.

(Other definitions for cecil that I've seen before include "Man's name" , "Boy" , "Rhodes of Rhodesia" , "___ Day Lewis, Poet Laureate, d. 1972" , "Boy's name" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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