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Do business to preserve many vehicles (7,3)

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I believe the answer is:

traffic jam

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'do' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'business to preserve many vehicles' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'business' could be 'traffic' (I've seen this before) and 'traffic' is located in the answer.
'preserve' could be 'jam' (jam is a kind of preserve) and 'jam' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for traffic jam that I've seen before include "Vehicular snarl-up" , "It causes a hold-up" , "Gridlock" , "Problem, in a way" , "Bottleneck on wheels" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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