Spanner used by motorists (4,6)

I believe the answer is:

road bridge

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'motorists' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'spanner used by' is the wordplay.
'spanner' becomes 'bridge' (I've seen this before).
'used' becomes 'road' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'bridge' put after 'road' is 'ROAD BRIDGE'.

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I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

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