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Reportedly travelled with firm, stopping for break here? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

roadhouse

'stopping for break here?' is the definition.
(travellers might stop off at a roadhouse)

'reportedly travelled with firm' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'travelled' becomes 'rode' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'firm' becomes 'house' (synonyms).
'rode' is a homophone of 'road'.
'road'+'house'='ROADHOUSE'

(Other definitions for roadhouse that I've seen before include "Country inn" , "place of refreshment" , "accommodation" , "pub, by the way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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