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Vehicle, not even brown or black? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carbon

'black?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'vehicle not even brown' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'not even' indicates alternate letters (remove even-numbered letters).
The alternating letters of 'brown' are 'bon'.
'car'+'bon'='CARBON'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for carbon that I've seen before include "Eg, diamond or graphite" , "Element of glass" , "Flimsy" , "Charcoal is a form of this element" , "Common element" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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