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Beastly driver having fight in vehicle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cameleer

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'beastly driver' is the definition.
'cameleer' can be an answer for 'driver' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'beastly' bit.

'fight in vehicle' is the wordplay.
'fight' becomes 'melee' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'melee' going inside 'car' is 'CAMELEER'.

'having' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cameleer that I've seen before include "One journeying across the sands" , "One driving across the Sahara" , "one in a caravan maybe" , "Driver" , "Desert traveller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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