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He's learned a vehicle's parked in street (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

savant

'he's learned' is the definition.
(an extremely clever or learned person)

'a vehicle's parked in street' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'van' (van is a kind of vehicle).
'parked in' is an insertion indicator.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'a'+'van'='avan'
'avan' placed inside 'st' is 'SAVANT'.

(Other definitions for savant that I've seen before include "A learned person, from French" , "A learned or wise person from France" , "Intellectual" , "One of great learning" , "Man of great learning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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