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Dismantled late MP's car that's found in junkyard (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrap-metal

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'found in junkyard' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes mean the same thing.

'dismantled late mp's car' is the wordplay.
'dismantled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'late'+'mps'+'car'='latempscar'
'latempscar' anagrammed gives 'SCRAP-METAL'.

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for scrap-metal that I've seen before include "Reclaimed steel etc" , "Iron, etc, for recycling" , "'Old iron'" , "Discarded iron, maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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