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Test of British vehicle entertains people for a short amount of time (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moment

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'time' is the definition.
(I know that moment is a type of time)

'test of british vehicle entertains people for a short amount' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'people' could be 'men' (men are people) and 'men' is located in the answer.
'amount' could be 'mt' (MT is an example) and 'mt' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for moment that I've seen before include "An exact point of time" , "Importance - point in time" , "An instant in time - important" , "Import" , "Second, importance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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