Character's parking technique (4)

I believe the answer is:

part

'character's' is the definition.
('part' can be a synonym of 'character')

'parking technique' is the wordplay.
'parking' becomes 'p'.
'technique' becomes 'art' (I've seen this in other clues).
'p'+'art'='PART'

(Other definitions for part that I've seen before include "Divide; role" , "Portion of a whole" , "Component; divide" , "unemployed actor hopes for" , "Fraction of the whole - separate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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