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Loan a vehicle, covering timetable (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

calendar

'timetable' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'loan a vehicle covering' is the wordplay.
'loan' becomes 'lend' (synonyms).
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'lend'+'a'='lenda'
'lenda' put inside 'car' is 'CALENDAR'.

(Other definitions for calendar that I've seen before include "Table of months and days" , "Laden car (anag)" , "Diary" , "that's dated" , "Almanac" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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