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Force people to work here? (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

police station

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'work here?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'force people' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'force' could be 'police' (police force is a kind of force) and 'police' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'station' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for police station that I've seen before include "Constabulary HQ" , "PC's base" , "headquarters for law- enforcers" , "Nick" , "Cop shop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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