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Force to provide convenient type of restaurant (5-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drive-in

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'restaurant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'force to provide convenient type' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'force' could be 'drive' (synonyms) and 'drive' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'in' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for drive-in that I've seen before include "Place where patrons may stay in their cars" , "Car-friendly refreshment stop" , "(Of cinema) enterable by car" , "Intended to be visited by car" , "Like, eg, a cinema for motorists in the US" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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