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City reduced rescue service for motorist? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tow

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'motorist?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'city reduced rescue service for' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'w' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tow that I've seen before include "Pull along behind, say barge" , "Haul" , "Pull along (a vehicle)" , "Pull using cable" , "Tug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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