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It's nice to be back on road with better car (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hardtop

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'car' is the definition.
(hardtop is a kind of car)

'it's nice to be back on road with better' is the wordplay.
'it's nice' becomes 'har' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to be back on' indicates one should take the final letters (the letter at the back).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'better' becomes 'top' (top can mean to better or outdo).
The last letter of 'road' is 'd'.
'har'+'d'+'top'='HARDTOP'

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(Other definitions for hardtop that I've seen before include "Type of car with removable roof" , "Sort of car" , "Rigid-roofed vehicle" , "Car with rigid roof" , "Style of car" .)

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