Racketeer pilots a new car in reverse (4,5)

Independent Cryptic #12196 | 2 Down | 2025-11-10
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

RAF(=pilots, although this is questionable since the RAF has ground crew, engineers etc as well) + a n{ew} + Lada<(=make of car). The definition is a somewhat whimsical reference to Nadal using a racket while playing tennis.

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