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Benefit from having a commercial vehicle at the junction for a long time (9)

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I believe the answer is:

advantage

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'benefit' is the definition.
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'commercial vehicle at the junction for a long time' is the wordplay.
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'vehicle at' becomes 'vant' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the junction' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a long time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'ad'+'vant'+'age'='ADVANTAGE'

'from having a' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for advantage that I've seen before include "Asset" , "Benefit, profit" , "Superior or more favourable position" , "First point scored after deuce in tennis" , "Profit, tennis score" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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