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Service vehicles from Italy, it's said (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vespers

'service' is the definition.
(vespers is a church service)

'vehicles from italy it's said' is the wordplay.
'vehicles from italy' becomes 'Vespas' (Vespa is an Italian scooter brand).
'it's said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'vespas' sounds like 'VESPERS'.

(Other definitions for vespers that I've seen before include "Evensong - RC service" , "An hour of worship" , "Evening service" , "Evening prayers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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