Brown oil damaged E-scooter (8)

I believe the answer is:

creosote

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'brown oil' is the definition.
'creosote' can be an answer for 'oil' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'brown' bit.

'damaged e-scooter' is the wordplay.
'damaged' is an anagram indicator.
'e'+'scooter'='escooter'
'escooter' is an anagram of 'CREOSOTE'.

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(Other definitions for creosote that I've seen before include "Oily, smelly wood preservative" , "Preservative liquid obtained from coal tar" , "Fencing gear, perhaps" , "Wood-preserving oil" , "Preserve deal, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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