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Motorway pull-ins: troops like to keep fixed watch here (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rest areas

'motorway pull-ins' is the definition.
(roadside areas which drivers can pull into)

'troops like to keep fixed watch here' is the wordplay.
'troops' becomes 'RE' (Royal Engineers army regiment).
'like' becomes 'as'.
'to keep' is an insertion indicator.
'fixed watch here' becomes 'stare' (staring means fixing one's gaze on something).
're'+'as'='reas'
'reas' enclosing 'stare' is 'REST AREAS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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