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Vehicle in a crack-up? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

car

'vehicle' is the definition.
(I know that car is a type of multi-track vehicle)

'in a crack-up?' is the wordplay.
'in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'up?' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'rac' is hidden in the letters of 'crack'.
'rac' reversed gives 'CAR'.

(Other definitions for car that I've seen before include "Railway carriage; vehicle" , "4-wheeled vehicle" , "Auto" , "Personal vehicle" , "Conveyance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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