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Dragster's brake made car heat up (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parachute

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'dragster's brake' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'made car heat up' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates anagramming the letters.
'car'+'heat'+'up'='carheatup'
'carheatup' with letters rearranged gives 'PARACHUTE'.

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(Other definitions for parachute that I've seen before include "Eat up char for something to break your fall" , "canopy" , "Equipment for making a descent from an airplane" , "It breaks a fall from the sky" , "Equipment to break a fall from the sky" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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