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High speed at home points to a number of gadgets (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

machines

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'a number of gadgets' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'high speed at home points' is the wordplay.
'high speed' becomes 'mach' (I have seen 'Speed of sound ' mean 'mach' so perhaps 'speed' could also mean 'mach'. I am not sure about the 'high' bit.).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'points' becomes 'es' (E is an example).
'mach'+'in'+'es'='MACHINES'

'to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for machines that I've seen before include "Appliances" , "Cars, robots etc." , "Strange schema in the devices with moving parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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