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Physiotherapy service required over a long time (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

massage

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'physiotherapy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'service required over a long time' is the wordplay.
'service' becomes 'mass' (mass is a church service).
'required over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a long time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'mass'+'age'='MASSAGE'

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(Other definitions for massage that I've seen before include "See 10" , "Relaxing treatment" , "Rubbing of muscles" , "Knead" , "Manipulate to get better results" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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