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Kit often seen with this in taxi -- a lot? Almost (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caboodle

'kit often seen with this' is the definition.
(as in the phrase 'the whole kit and caboodle')

'taxi a lot? almost' is the wordplay.
'taxi' becomes 'cab' (synonyms).
'a lot?' becomes 'oodles' (oodles means a large amount).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'oodles' with its last letter taken off is 'oodle'.
'cab'+'oodle'='CABOODLE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for caboodle that I've seen before include "Crowd, collection" , "The whole kit and ..., the lot" , ""The whole ___" - everything" , "Group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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