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Cooling system fitted in a vehicle for summer, once (6)

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I believe the answer is:

abacus

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'summer once' is the definition.
'abacus' can be an answer for 'summer' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'once' bit.

'cooling system fitted in a vehicle' is the wordplay.
'cooling system' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for air conditioner).
'fitted in' indicates putting letters inside.
'vehicle' becomes 'bus' (bus is a kind of vehicle).
'a'+'bus'='abus'
'ac' going within 'abus' is 'ABACUS'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for abacus that I've seen before include "It might work out" , "Old calculator" , "Very early calculator" , "It might calculate" , "Old counting-frame" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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