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I'm going round in reverse in car (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mini

'car' is the definition.
(Mini Cooper)

'i'm going round in reverse' is the wordplay.
'i'm' becomes 'im' (**).
'going round' is a reversal indicator.
'reverse' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'im' backwards is 'mi'.
'in' reversed gives 'ni'.
'mi'+'ni'='MINI'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for mini that I've seen before include "Baby" , "Once fashionable skirt" , "type of garment" , "Cult British car" , "Brief" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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