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Vehicle not going back into case (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carton

'case' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'vehicle not going back' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'going back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'not' reversed gives 'ton'.
'car'+'ton'='CARTON'

'into' is the link.

(Other definitions for carton that I've seen before include "fictional lawyer" , "Cardboard or plastic container" , "Box made of cardboard" , "Dickensian hero" , "Flapped cardboard box" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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