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Begin a family road-trip in campervan around continent (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

africa

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'continent' is the definition.
(Africa is an example)

'begin a family road-trip in campervan around' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'around' could be 'ca' (circa) and 'ca' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fri' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for africa that I've seen before include "Continent S. of Europe" , "Second largest continent" , "Out of . . . . . . (film) (6)" , "Always something new from it (Pliny)" , "Second-largest continent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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