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Journey east to accompany the German writer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goethe

'german writer' is the definition.
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

'journey east to accompany the' is the wordplay.
'journey' becomes 'go' (I've seen this in other clues).
'east' becomes 'E' (synonyms).
'to accompany' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'go'+'e'+'the'='GOETHE'

(Other definitions for goethe that I've seen before include "The ego, strangely, of the German writer" , "German playwright and poet" , "Johann Wolfgang von -, German dramatist" , "German author (Faust)" , "Poet's" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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