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Filling father's vehicle with iodine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastrami

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'filling' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'father's vehicle with iodine' is the wordplay.
'father's' becomes 'pa's' (pa can mean dad or father).
'vehicle' becomes 'tram' (tram is a kind of vehicle).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'iodine' becomes 'I' (I is the chemical symbol for iodine).
'pas'+'tram'+'i'='PASTRAMI'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pastrami that I've seen before include "Seasoned dish" , "Thinly sliced beef" , "Spiced smoked beef" , "beef dish" , "smoked joint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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