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Give out thing not even in transit (7,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

passing through

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'give out thing not even in transit' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'give out thing not even in' is the wordplay.
'give' becomes 'pass' (both can mean to hand something over).
'out' indicates an anagram.
'not even' becomes 'rough'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'thing' is an anagram of '[thing]'.
'[thing]'+'rough'='ingthrough'
'pass' going within 'ingthrough' is 'PASSING THROUGH'.

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(Another definition for passing through that I've seen is " Via".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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