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A service that's revolutionary at a distance (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afar

'at a distance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a service that's revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'service' becomes 'RAF' (Royal Air Force).
'that's revolutionary' is a reversal indicator (letters revolve around).
'raf' in reverse letter order is 'far'.
'a'+'far'='AFAR'

(Other definitions for afar that I've seen before include "long way back" , "quite some distance" , "A long way away" , "Way-out" , "Distant parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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