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Expenses for excursions catching game (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outgoings

'expenses' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'excursions catching game' is the wordplay.
'excursions' becomes 'outings' ('outing' can be a synonym of 'excursion').
'catching' is an insertion indicator.
'game' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of game).
'outings' going around 'go' is 'OUTGOINGS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for outgoings that I've seen before include "Expenses" , "expeditions" , "Regular expenditure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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