Crossword Genius

City traveller must circumnavigate to get back (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recover

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'get back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'city traveller must circumnavigate' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'city' could be 'ec' (the City of London postcode) and 'ec' is present in the answer.
'traveller' could be 'rover' (rover is a kind of traveller) and 'rover' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for recover that I've seen before include "Rally, get better" , "Regain" , "Get better; retrieve" , "Get well again" , "Rescue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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