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Manage to go round a bend in a car (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coupe

'a car' is the definition.
(coupe is a kind of car)

'manage to go round a bend' is the wordplay.
'manage' becomes 'cope' (manage can mean to cope or do well).
'to go round' indicates putting letters inside.
'a bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'cope' going around 'u' is 'COUPE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for coupe that I've seen before include "Car; dessert glass" , "Two-door car" , "Dessert dish" , "Car with just two doors and two front seats" , "Car with two front seats and a luggage compartment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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