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Supply power to breakdown equipment (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

towrope

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'breakdown equipment' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'supply power to' is the wordplay.
'supply' is an anagram indicator ('supply' is an adverb here, so in a 'supple' way).
'power'+'to'='powerto'
'powerto' with letters rearranged gives 'towrope'.

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(Other definitions for towrope that I've seen before include "Cable for hauling vehicle or vessel" , "Cable used after breakdowns" , "This may be used by a recovery vehicle" , "Pulling cable" , "AA might assist with this" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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