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The car? I leave it in the open country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

motor

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

'i leave it in the open country' is the wordplay.
'leave' suggests deleting specific letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the open country' becomes 'moor' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'it' with 'i' removed is 't'.
't' put into 'moor' is 'MOTOR'.

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(Other definitions for motor that I've seen before include "Drive" , "Engine of vehicle" , "Car; travel quickly" , "Engine - relating to movement" , "Move fast" .)

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