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On a car, bad rust that's possibly growing (6)

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I believe the answer is:

carrot

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'rust that's possibly growing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'on a car bad' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bad' becomes 'rot' (I've seen this before).
'car' next to 'rot' is 'CARROT'.

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(Other definitions for carrot that I've seen before include "Orangey vegetable" , "Red vegetable used as inducement" , "veg" , "Root vegetable" , "orangey colour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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