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Vehicle left key English city (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carlisle

'english city' is the definition.
(city in England)

'vehicle left key' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'key' becomes 'isle' (I've seen this in another clue).
'car'+'l'+'isle'='CARLISLE'

(Other definitions for carlisle that I've seen before include "Cellars I turn to in Northern English city" , "City in Cumbria" , "England's Border City" , "County town of Cumbria" , "Cumbrian city where Royalists surrendered in 1645" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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