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Red vehicle goes to one of the pits (7)

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I believe the answer is:

carmine

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'red' is the definition.
(I know that red can be written as carmine)

'vehicle goes to one of the pits' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'goes to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one of the pits' becomes 'mine' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'car'+'mine'='CARMINE'

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(Other definitions for carmine that I've seen before include "Vivid red colour" , "Crimson pigment" , "Bright red" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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