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Drink with skill placed in car (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

martini

'drink' is the definition.
(martini is a kind of drink)

'skill placed in car' is the wordplay.
'skill' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'placed in' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'car' becomes 'mini' (Mini Cooper).
'art' going within 'mini' is 'MARTINI'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for martini that I've seen before include "Type of Italian vermouth" , "In glass, one's dry" , "Cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth" , "Gin or vodka with dry vermouth" , "obtained from a bottle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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