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To do with women nicking vehicle from capital outside station (7)

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I believe the answer is:

distaff

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'to do with women nicking vehicle' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'capital outside station' is the wordplay.
'capital' becomes 'Dili' (capital of Timor-Leste).
'outside' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'station' becomes 'staff' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'dili' with its middle removed is 'di'.
'di'+'staff'='DISTAFF'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for distaff that I've seen before include "Stick holding wood, in spinning" , "Spinner's rod" , "(referring to the women)" , "female stick" , "Rod for flax - not the spear side" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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