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Resolve to put off race across motorway (13)

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I believe the answer is:

determination

'resolve' is the definition.
(determination is a kind of resolve)

'put off race across motorway' is the wordplay.
'put off' becomes 'deter' (I've seen this before).
'race' becomes 'nation' (I've seen this before**).
'across' indicates putting letters inside.
'motorway' becomes 'mi' (resembles Mn, English motorway).
'deter'+'nation'='deternation'
'deternation' placed around 'mi' is 'DETERMINATION'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for determination that I've seen before include "legal decision" , "Resolution" , "Perseverance" , "Firmness of purpose" , "Decision process" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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