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Heard successor getting reasonable cost of flying (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airfare

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'cost of flying' is the definition.
(fare or price for air travel)

'heard successor getting reasonable' is the wordplay.
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'successor' becomes 'heir' (synonyms).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'reasonable' becomes 'fare' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'heir' sounds like 'air'.
'air'+'fare'='AIRFARE'

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(Other definitions for airfare that I've seen before include "Price of flying" , "Money for a flight" , "Charge for flight" , "Fee for a flight" , "Cost of a flight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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