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Floor option in vehicle - soft and from France (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carpet

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'floor option' is the definition.
'carpet' can be an answer for 'floor' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'option' bit.

'vehicle soft and from france' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for piano, 'soft').
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'from france' becomes 'et' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'car'+'p'+'et'='CARPET'

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for carpet that I've seen before include "Lay into" , "Woven fabric for the floor" , "Floor covering of heavy fabric" , "Reprimand, rug" , "Floor-covering" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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