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Expert missing home went on cutting rose from Cape? (7,3)

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I believe the answer is:

blasted off

'rose from cape?' is the definition.
(as in a rocket rising up from Cape Canaveral)

'expert missing home went on cutting' is the wordplay.
'expert missing home' becomes 'boff' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'went on' becomes 'lasted' (to last is to go on or remain).
'cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'boff' placed around 'lasted' is 'BLASTED OFF'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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