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Drive the American car Ed repaired round (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crusade

'drive' is the definition.
('crusade' can be a synonym of 'drive')

'the american car ed repaired round' is the wordplay.
'the american' becomes 'us'.
'repaired' indicates an anagram.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'car'+'ed'='cared'
'cared' with letters rearranged gives 'crade'.
'us' put within 'crade' is 'CRUSADE'.

(Other definitions for crusade that I've seen before include "Advertising campaign" , "Drive" , "Medieval Christian military expedition to capture the Holy Land" , "Religious war" , "religious campaign" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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