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Father, by the end, on phone to leader's car (10)

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I believe the answer is:

popemobile

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'leader's car' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'father by the end on phone' is the wordplay.
'father by' becomes 'pop' (pop is a kind of father. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'end' suggests the final letters.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'phone' becomes 'mobile phone' (mobile phone).
The last letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'pop'+'e'+'mobile'='POPEMOBILE'

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for popemobile that I've seen is " What moves top cleric".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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