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Kid from second marriage with learners writes off car (6)

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I believe the answer is:

totals

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'learners writes off car' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'kid from second marriage' is the wordplay.
'kid' becomes 'tot' (tot is a kind of kid).
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'second marriage' becomes 'als' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tot'+'als'='TOTALS'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for totals that I've seen before include "Sums and aggregates" , "Kills" , "Adds up the entire amounts" , "Aggregations or sums" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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