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That man in violent slide reversing car (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wheels

'car' is the definition.
(wheels can informally mean a car)

'that man in violent slide reversing' is the wordplay.
'that man' becomes 'he' ('he' refers to a man).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'violent slide' becomes 'slew' (slew can mean a sliding movement in a vehicle).
'reversing' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'slew' back-to-front is 'wels'.
'he' inserted inside 'wels' is 'WHEELS'.

(Other definitions for wheels that I've seen before include "Spins on an axis" , "Circular frames with spokes" , "Personal transport" , "turns round" , "Vehicle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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