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A Manchester pub outing with an out-of-this-world character (3,5,8)

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I believe the answer is:

the urban spaceman

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'a manchester pub outing with an out-of-this-world character' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'manchester pub outing with an out-of-this-world character' is the subsidiary indication.
'outing with' indicates an anagram (an outing implies travelling).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'out-of-this-world character' becomes 'an' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'manchester'+'pub'='manchesterpub'
'manchesterpub' anagrammed with 'a' can make 'theurbanspacem'.
'theurbanspacem'+'an'='theurbanspaceman'

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