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Single out car from 1989/90 that's blocking Seat Ateca, essentially (9)

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I believe the answer is:

segregate

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'single out' is the definition.
(segregating is a kind of singling out)

'that's blocking seat ateca essentially' is the wordplay.
'that' becomes 'greg' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'blocking' is an insertion indicator (to block can mean to plug a gap in something).
'essentially' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letter of 'ateca' is 'e'.
'greg' placed within 'seat' is 'segregat'.
'segregat'+'e'='SEGREGATE'

'car from 198990' is the link.
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(Other definitions for segregate that I've seen before include "Isolate, separate" , "Quarantine with easter egg" , "Isolate with Easter Egg" , "Cut off" , "Easter-egg (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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