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Day service detailed, guide on the way (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satnav

'guide on the way' is the definition.
(navigational guide used on the way to a place)

'day service detailed' is the wordplay.
'day' becomes 'sat' (abbreviation for Saturday).
'service' becomes 'navy' (navy is a kind of service).
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'navy' with its last letter taken away is 'nav'.
'sat'+'nav'='SATNAV'

(Other definitions for satnav that I've seen before include "Driver's route finder" , "Device for finding one's way" , "Road atlas replacer" , "Route guide" , "Talking road map?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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