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Sounded furious and ran back into the vehicle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snarled

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'sounded furious' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'ran back into the vehicle' is the wordplay.
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'the vehicle' becomes 'sled' (sled is a kind of vehicle).
'ran' in reverse letter order is 'nar'.
'nar' put into 'sled' is 'SNARLED'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for snarled that I've seen before include "In a twist - showed one's teeth" , "Knotted; growled" , "Growled or tangled in knots" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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