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Trade vehicle held in on tracks (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carpentry

'trade' is the definition.
(carpentry is a kind of trade)

'vehicle held in on tracks' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'held in' becomes 'pent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tracks' becomes 'RY' (abbreviation for railway).
'car'+'pent'+'ry'='CARPENTRY'

(Other definitions for carpentry that I've seen before include "Manipulating deal, perhaps" , "part of building" , "Woodwork" , "Woodworking" , "The purpose of chips" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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