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One informally educated managed to do something on vehicle (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

autodidact

'one informally educated' is the definition.

'managed to do something on vehicle' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'did' ('do' can mean 'manage' as in 'do without').
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'do something' becomes 'act' (I've seen this before).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'vehicle' becomes 'auto' (auto is a kind of vehicle**).
'did'+'act' is 'didact'.
'didact' put after 'auto' is 'AUTODIDACT'.

(Other definitions for autodidact that I've seen before include "learner without instructor" , "one not needing coach" , "Self-educator" , "Self-reliant learner" , "I skipped school" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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