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Charlie in English plane to bail out (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eject

'bail out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'charlie in english plane' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'plane' becomes 'jet' (jet plane).
'e'+'jet'='ejet'
'c' placed within 'ejet' is 'EJECT'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for eject that I've seen before include "Send out forcibly" , "Turf out" , "Discharge; evacuate" , "Expel, throw out" , "exile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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