Top tips to play second breaks of service (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

pit stops

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'breaks of service' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'top tips to play second' is the wordplay.
'to play' indicates anagramming the letters.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'top'+'tips'='toptips'
'toptips' anagrammed gives 'pitstop'.
'pitstop'+'s'='PIT STOPS'

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(Other definitions for pit stops that I've seen before include "Brief pauses in car racing for maintenance" , "Brief halts in motor-racing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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