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Head after meteor travelling in distance (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

remoteness

'distance' is the definition.
(I know that remoteness is a type of distance)

'head after meteor travelling' is the wordplay.
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'travelling' indicates an anagram.
'meteor' with letters rearranged gives 'remote'.
'ness' put after 'remote' is 'REMOTENESS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for remoteness that I've seen before include "Distant quality" , "Aloof manner" , "Far-off quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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