Crossword Genius

Second vehicle's first in concrete discharge (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

removal

'discharge' is the definition.
(removal is a kind of discharge)

'second vehicle's first in concrete' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 'mo' (both are short periods of time**).
'first' indicates taking the first letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'concrete' becomes 'real' ('real' can be similar in meaning to 'concrete').
The first letter of 'vehicle' is 'v'.
'mo'+'v'='mov'
'mov' inserted inside 'real' is 'REMOVAL'.

(Other definitions for removal that I've seen before include "Sack" , "Taking (of thing) away" , "Transference" , "Ejection" , "These vans dispatch your house contents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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