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Immense distance once covered by rodents from the East (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stellar

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'immense' is the definition.

'distance once covered by rodents from the east' is the wordplay.
'distance once' becomes 'ell' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'once' bit.).
'covered by' indicates putting letters inside.
'rodents' becomes 'rats' (rat is a kind of rodent).
'from the east' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'rats' written backwards gives 'star'.
'ell' put within 'star' is 'STELLAR'.

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(Other definitions for stellar that I've seen before include "boss!" , "characteristic of The Sun, etc" , "Excellent - shining bright?" , "Wonderful" , "of celebrities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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