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One checking car on hill (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

auditor

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'one checking' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'car on hill' is the wordplay.
'car' becomes 'audi' (Audi is a German car brand).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill).
'audi'+'tor'='AUDITOR'

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(Other definitions for auditor that I've seen before include "Worker in accounts" , "Finance officer" , "He'll check the accounts" , "I'll check expense involved" , "Listener; scrutineer" .)

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