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Open top Ferrari? I would, given a raise (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cardi

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'open top' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'ferrari? i would given a raise' is the wordplay.
'ferrari?' becomes 'rac' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i would' becomes 'I'd'.
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a raise' says the letters should be written backwards.
'rac' after 'id' is 'idrac'.
'idrac' backwards is 'CARDI'.

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(Another definition for cardi that I've seen is " woolly".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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