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Some people wait here — others rave about a uniform (10)

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I believe the answer is:

restaurant

'some people wait here' is the definition.
(waiters wait at a restaurant)

'others rave about a uniform' is the wordplay.
'others' becomes 'rest' (I've seen this before).
'rave' becomes 'rant' (synonyms).
'about' says to put letters next to each other.
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'a'+'u'='au'
'rant' after 'au' is 'aurant'.
'rest'+'aurant'='RESTAURANT'

(Other definitions for restaurant that I've seen before include "table here?" , "Eating place" , "Eatery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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