Tired mall playing Road to Nowhere ? (9)

I believe the answer is:

treadmill

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'road to nowhere ?' is the definition.
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'tired mall playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'tired'+'mall'='tiredmall'
'tiredmall' with letters rearranged gives 'TREADMILL'.

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(Other definitions for treadmill that I've seen before include "Laborious routine" , "Sportspeople utilise this" , "Power-generating wheel" , "It enables one to work out" , "Walk and move aimlessly" .)

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