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Car lent unwisely in a mean location (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

central

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'a mean location' is the definition.
'central' can be an answer for 'location' (central is a kind of location). I am unsure of the 'a mean' bit.

'car lent unwisely' is the wordplay.
'unwisely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'car'+'lent'='carlent'
'carlent' with letters rearranged gives 'CENTRAL'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for central that I've seen before include "Near the middle" , "Focal" , "Most important, principal" , "Key" , "Every answer here has one such letter" .)

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