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What to wear when you leave the car with heavy heart (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parka

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'what to wear when' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'leave the car with heavy heart' is the wordplay.
'leave' becomes 'pr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the car' becomes 'ka' (Ka is a model of car produced by Ford ).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'heart' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'heavy' is 'a'.
'pr'+'ka'='prka'
'prka' going around 'a' is 'PARKA'.

'you' is the link.

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(Other definitions for parka that I've seen before include "Hooded waterproof coat" , "outdoor clothing" , "Hooded weatherproof coat" , "Hooded garment" , "Kind of heavy jacket" .)

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