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Well, now police vehicle attends attack on uniform (2,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

up and about

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'well' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'police vehicle attends attack on uniform' is the wordplay.
'police vehicle' becomes 'panda' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'attends' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'attack' becomes 'bout' (eg a bout of flu).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'panda' put next to 'bout' is 'pandabout'.
'pandabout' after 'u' is 'UP AND ABOUT'.

'now' is the link.

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(Other definitions for up and about that I've seen before include "Ready to start the day" , "Out of bed and moving around" , "Active" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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