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Sullen doggers regularly scrubbed vehicles (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sledges

'vehicles' is the definition.
(sledge is a kind of vehicle)

'sullen doggers regularly scrubbed' is the wordplay.
'regularly scrubbed' indicates alternate letters (letters removed at regular intervals).
'sullen'+'doggers'='sullendoggers'
The alternating letters of 'sullendoggers' are 'SLEDGES'.

(Other definitions for sledges that I've seen before include "Sleighs; hammers" , "Snow carts" , "insults" , "More than one big hitter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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