Comic strip character in hire car blown off course (7,5)

I believe the answer is:

charlie brown

'comic strip character' is the definition.
(character in the Peanuts comic strip)

'hire car blown off course' is the wordplay.
'off course' indicates anagramming the letters (letters go off course from their original places).
'hire'+'car'+'blown'='hirecarblown'
'hirecarblown' with letters rearranged gives 'CHARLIE BROWN'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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