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Use docking facility in space, moving backwards (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moor

'use docking facility' is the definition.
(as in mooring a boat at a dock)

'space moving backwards' is the wordplay.
'space' becomes 'room' (enough space or room to do something).
'moving backwards' is a reversal indicator.
'room' written backwards gives 'MOOR'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for moor that I've seen before include "Tract of uncultivated upland" , "fell in > dock" , "Heath - a North African Muslim" , "Make fast a boat - open tract of rough ground" , "See 5 Down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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