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Victor or Charlie lost power in the car outside of Split (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

divorced

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'the car outside of split' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'victor or charlie lost power in' is the wordplay.
'victor' becomes 'v' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'lost power' becomes 'died' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'v'+'or'+'c'='vorc'
'vorc' put within 'died' is 'DIVORCED'.

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(Other definitions for divorced that I've seen before include "No longer married" , "disbanded union" , "separated" , "Of marriage, legally terminated" , "Of married couple, legally parted" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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