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Excursion getting away in the middle of the night (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outing

'excursion' is the definition.
('outing' can be a synonym of 'excursion')

'away in the middle of the night' is the wordplay.
'away' becomes 'out' ('out' can be a synonym of 'away'**).
'the middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letter of 'night' is 'g'.
'out'+'in'+'g'='OUTING'

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for outing that I've seen before include "Day trip" , "Short pleasure trip" , "Day excursion" , "Excursion, trip" , "Revealing orientation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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