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Vehicle I’d taken round river, upset female figure (8)

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I believe the answer is:

caryatid

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'upset female figure' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
I also know that both 'female' and 'figure' relate to this answer.

'vehicle i'd taken round river' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'taken' is an insertion indicator.
'round' is a reversal indicator.
'river' becomes 'tay' (Scottish river).
'tay' in reverse letter order is 'yat'.
'car'+'id'='carid'
'carid' enclosing 'yat' is 'CARYATID'.

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(Other definitions for caryatid that I've seen before include "Column in female form" , "She gives support in her column" , "Sculptured female figure as support pillar" , "supporting woman that's stony" , "Pillar in female form" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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