Santana's vehicle almost lost? (6)
I believe the answer is:
carlos
'santana's' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'vehicle almost lost?' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'lost' with its final letter taken off is 'los'.
'car'+'los'='CARLOS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carlos that I've seen before include "Highly-seasoned sausage" , "Don --, Verdi opera" .)