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Endless animal hunting expedition from a distance (4)

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afar

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'from a distance' is the definition.
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'endless animal hunting expedition' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to look at the middle letters.
'animal' becomes 'ram' (a male sheep).
'hunting expedition' becomes 'far' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The centre of 'ram' is 'a'.
'a'+'far'='AFAR'

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(Other definitions for afar that I've seen before include "Inhabitant of Ethiopia" , "Not in this neighbourhood" , "a good way off" , "long way back" , "A long distance away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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