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Safety device could make car heat up (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parachute

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'safety device' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'make car heat up' is the wordplay.
'make' is an anagram indicator.
'car'+'heat'+'up'='carheatup'
'carheatup' with letters rearranged gives 'PARACHUTE'.

'could' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for parachute that I've seen before include "Equipment to break a fall from the sky" , "It breaks a fall from the sky" , "Drop from plane" , "Equipment for making a descent from an airplane" , "canopy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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