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How Cleo's car wrecked some little boats? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coracles

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'wrecked some little boats?' is the definition.
'coracles' can be an answer for 'boats?' (coracle is a kind of boat). I am not certain of the 'wrecked some little' bit.

'how cleo's car' is the wordplay.
'how' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'cleos'+'car'='cleoscar'
'cleoscar' anagrammed gives 'CORACLES'.

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(Other definitions for coracles that I've seen before include "Small round wicker-framed boats" , "Craft" .)

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