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Strip vehicle of sports equipment and phone (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

batmobile

'strip vehicle' is the definition.
(vehicle in the Batman comic strips)

'sports equipment and phone' is the wordplay.
'sports equipment' becomes 'bat' (bat is a kind of sports equipment).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'phone' becomes 'mobile phone' (mobile phone).
'bat'+'mobile'='BATMOBILE'

'of' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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