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Car seat moved back for East European (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estate

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'car' is the definition.
(type of car)

'seat moved back for east european' is the wordplay.
'seat' becomes 'tats' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'moved back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'tats' back-to-front is 'stat'.
'stat' after 'e' is 'estat'.
'estat'+'e'='ESTATE'

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(Other definitions for estate that I've seen before include "Desmene" , "Possessions at the time of death" , "Italian summer" , "Vehicle" , "Condition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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