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Dine before travel showing moral conscience (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

superego

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'moral conscience' is the definition.
'superego' can be an answer for 'conscience' (superego is a kind of conscience). I am unsure of the 'moral' bit.

'dine before travel' is the wordplay.
'dine' becomes 'sup' (synonyms).
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term for 'before').
'travel' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'sup'+'ere'+'go'='SUPEREGO'

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for superego that I've seen before include "Part of the unconscious mind - pose urge (anag)" , "makes one feel guilty" , "Internal monitor of psyche" , "Part of mind acting as conscience" , "Freudian concept of conscience" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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