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Brief visit of offspring including day overseas (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sojourn

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'brief visit' is the definition.
'sojourn' can be an answer for 'visit' (I've seen this in another clue). I am unsure of the 'brief' bit.

'offspring including day overseas' is the wordplay.
'offspring' becomes 'son' (male offspring).
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'day overseas' becomes 'jour' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'son' enclosing 'jour' is 'SOJOURN'.

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sojourn that I've seen before include "Stay temporarily" , "Relaxed, tolerant" , "Short stay" , "Reside temporarily" , "Temporary residence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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