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Traffic restriction may dispel time wasting (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

speed limit

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'traffic restriction' is the definition.
'speed limit' can be an answer for 'restriction' (I have seen 'legal restriction' mean 'speed limit' so perhaps 'restriction' could also mean 'speed limit'). I am unsure of the 'traffic' bit.

'dispel time wasting' is the wordplay.
'wasting' is an anagram indicator (waste can mean to destroy).
'dispel'+'time'='dispeltime'
'dispeltime' is an anagram of 'SPEED-LIMIT'.

'may' is the link.

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(Other definitions for speed limit that I've seen before include "maximum rate by law" , "Legal cap on drivers" , "permitted maximum velocity?" , "rate cap" , "Maximum MPH allowed on a particular road" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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