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Club providing many a service (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mace

'club' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'many a service' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'm' (**).
'a service' becomes 'ace' (ace is a kind of service).
'm'+'ace'='MACE'

'providing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mace that I've seen before include "Staff of office and a spice" , "Came to find ceremonial staff" , "Staff of office for a flavouring" , "Medieval weapon or kind of spice" , "put on the rack?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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