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Car laid out is extreme (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

radical

'extreme' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'car laid out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'car'+'laid'='carlaid'
'carlaid' anagrammed gives 'RADICAL'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for radical that I've seen before include "Dial car in order to be drastic" , "One holding strong reformist views" , "Sweeping - reformer" , "Thoroughgoing - (popularly) extremist" , "Drastic and thorough, as reforms may be" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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