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Car numberplate? One working part (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

region

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'part' is the definition.
(I know that part can be written as region)

'car numberplate? one working' is the wordplay.
'car numberplate?' becomes 'reg' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'reg'+'i'+'on'='REGION'

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(Other definitions for region that I've seen before include "Area, location" , "Wide area" , "Area of country" , "Ignore (anag) -- expanse of land" , "Area having definable character" .)

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