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Father in charge in car club on the continent (6)

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I believe the answer is:

africa

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'the continent' is the definition.
(Africa is an example)

'father in charge in car club' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'car club' becomes 'aa' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fr'+'ic'='fric'
'fric' going inside 'aa' is 'AFRICA'.

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for africa that I've seen before include "Out of -, novel by Karen Blixen (filmed)" , "The dark continent" , "Large land mass" , "Always something new from it (Pliny)" , "Mali's continent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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