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She ultimately maintains such vehicles (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estates

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'vehicles' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'she ultimately maintains' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
'maintains' becomes 'states' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The last letter of 'she' is 'e'.
'e'+'states'='ESTATES'

'such' is the link.

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(Other definitions for estates that I've seen before include "Large cars" , "The dead leave them" , "People leave them" , "Demesnes" , "lands for development" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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