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Vehicle taking high hill skirting Yorkshire river (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tourer

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'vehicle' is the definition.
(tourer is a kind of vehicle)

'high hill skirting yorkshire river' is the wordplay.
'high hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill. I am not sure about the 'high' bit.**).
'skirting' is an insertion indicator.
'yorkshire river' becomes 'ure' (I've seen this before).
'tor' enclosing 'ure' is 'TOURER'.

'taking' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tourer that I've seen before include "Vehicle" , "Large motor car" , "Car for travellers" , "Large open car with folding top" , "Car for holiday trip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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