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Vehicle that's brown and khaki primarily? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tank

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

'brown and khaki primarily?' is the wordplay.
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown**).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'primarily?' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'primarily' mean this).
The first letter of 'khaki' is 'k'.
'tan'+'k'='TANK'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tank that I've seen before include "defeat" , "Army vehicle - reservoir" , "Armoured vehicle; large container" , "Military vehicle (for fish?)" , "Container for fish (or soldiers?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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