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Twins placing car behind empty garage (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gemini

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'twins' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'car behind empty garage' is the wordplay.
'car' becomes 'mini' (Mini Cooper).
'behind' says to put letters next to each other.
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'garage' with its middle removed is 'ge'.
'mini' put after 'ge' is 'GEMINI'.

'placing' is the link.
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(Other definitions for gemini that I've seen before include "Sign of the Twins ( 6)" , "Twins star-sign" , "Twins star sign" , "Zodiac sign - the Twins" , "May person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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