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Kindness channel - somewhere to fill up (7,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

service station

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'fill up' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'kindness channel somewhere' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'channel' could be 'station' (I've seen this before) and 'station' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'service' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for service station that I've seen before include "It caters" , "fuel supplier" , "during long run, refuelling here?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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