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Go back coming from right way out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regress

'go back' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'right way out' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'way out' becomes 'egress' (I've seen this before).
'r'+'egress'='REGRESS'

'coming from' is the link.

(Other definitions for regress that I've seen before include "Lose ground" , "Return or revert" , "Go backwards, disimprove" , "Get worse or fall back" , "Get worse or go backwards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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