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Brownish vehicle male crashed (7)

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I believe the answer is:

caramel

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'brownish' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'vehicle male crashed' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'crashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'male' anagrammed gives 'amel'.
'car'+'amel'='CARAMEL'

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(Other definitions for caramel that I've seen before include "Toffee-like sweet" , "Chew candy" , "Cooked sugar" , "It's produced by heating sugar until brown" , "Burnt sugar used for flavouring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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