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Car to go wrong on a boring day (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ferrari

'car' is the definition.

'go wrong on a boring day' is the wordplay.
'go wrong' becomes 'err' (I've seen this before**).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'boring' indicates putting letters inside (some letters must 'bore' a hole into other letters).
'day' becomes 'fri'.
'err'+'a'='erra'
'erra' put into 'fri' is 'FERRARI'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ferrari that I've seen before include "Italian racing car company" , "Sports car brand" , "Italian sports car" , "Type of racing car" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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