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Companion leading a disturbance from vehicle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chariot

'vehicle' is the definition.
(chariot is a kind of vehicle)

'companion leading a disturbance' is the wordplay.
'companion' becomes 'cha' (I've seen this in other clues).
'leading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a disturbance' becomes 'riot' (I've seen this before).
'cha'+'riot'='CHARIOT'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for chariot that I've seen before include "Haricot (anag)" , "Ancient horse-drawn war vehicle" , "'Two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle (7)'" , "Two-wheeled carriage of ancient times, as used by Ben Hur" , "ride in carriage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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