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Recorded work in car with caution, gripping wheel (9)

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I believe the answer is:

audiobook

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'recorded work' is the definition.
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'car with caution gripping wheel' is the wordplay.
'car' becomes 'audi' (Audi is a German car brand).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'caution' becomes 'book' (a footballer receiving a yellow card gets 'booked').
'gripping' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are gripped).
'wheel' becomes 'O' (O looks like a wheel).
'audi'+'book'='audibook'
'audibook' placed around 'o' is 'AUDIOBOOK'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for audiobook that I've seen is " work, we hear".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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