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Traveller lifted stuff on top of old Volkswagen (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marco polo

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'traveller' is the definition.
(13th-century explorer)

'lifted stuff on top of old volkswagen' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'top' could be 'polo' (polo top) and 'polo' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'marc' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for marco polo that I've seen before include "Venetian adventurer" , "European traveller" , "sheep" , "Adventurous traveller" , "traveller in East" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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