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Pack diamonds into vehicles (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

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'pack' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'diamonds into vehicles' is the wordplay.
'diamonds' becomes 'd' (abbreviation in bridge say).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'vehicles' becomes 'cars' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'd' going within 'cars' is 'CARDS'.

(Other definitions for cards that I've seen before include "Playing pack" , "They may be for playing or greeting" , "jokers" , "Odd people" , "Christmas post" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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