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One in hot car unexpectedly finding bean (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haricot

'bean' is the definition.
(haricot is a type of bean)

'one in hot car unexpectedly' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'unexpectedly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hot'+'car'='hotcar'
'hotcar' is an anagram of 'harcot'.
'i' going inside 'harcot' is 'HARICOT'.

'finding' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for haricot that I've seen before include "Vegetable" , "Variety of bean" , "kind of ragout" , "Type of bean in a chariot" , "French bean" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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