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Service area, carnage (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

massacre

'carnage' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'service area' is the wordplay.
'service' becomes 'mass' (I've seen this in other clues).
'area' becomes 'acre' (I've seen this before).
'mass'+'acre'='MASSACRE'

(Other definitions for massacre that I've seen before include "Murder (of many persons)" , "Mass murder" , "Widespread killing" , "Inflict a heavy defeat" , "Slaughter in large numbers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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