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Expedition in South Africa, some distance inland initially (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

safari

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'expedition' is the definition.
(I know that safari is a type of expedition)

'south africa some distance inland initially' is the wordplay.
'south africa' becomes 'SA' (abbreviation).
'some distance' becomes 'far' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'inland' is 'i'.
'sa'+'far'+'i'='SAFARI'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for safari that I've seen before include "tropical trip" , "Big game expedition" , "Wildlife-watching expedition" , "Animal expedition" , "Animal-viewing trip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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