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People reverse car with energy (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

race

'people' is the definition.
(people can mean a national group or race)

'reverse car with energy' is the wordplay.
'reverse' says the letters should be written backwards.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'car' in reverse letter order is 'rac'.
'rac'+'e'='RACE'

(Other definitions for race that I've seen before include "Run; nation" , "Run fast" , "Competitive speed trial" , "People; dash" , "eg The Oaks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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