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Cost of excursion, including travel (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outgoing

'cost' is the definition.

'excursion including travel' is the wordplay.
'excursion' becomes 'outing' ('outing' can be a synonym of 'excursion').
'including' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'travel' becomes 'go' ('go' can be a synonym of 'travel'**).
'outing' going around 'go' is 'OUTGOING'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for outgoing that I've seen before include "At ease in talking to others, extroverted" , "Extrovert" , "Departing" , "open" , "Friendly - retiring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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