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Luggage as graduate goes on vacation (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bags

'luggage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'graduate goes on vacation' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'ba' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'on vacation' means to remove the middle letters.
'goes' with its centre removed is 'gs'.
'ba'+'gs'='BAGS'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for bags that I've seen before include "fashion accessories" , "Holdalls" , "Childishly claims" , "Flexible containers, of paper say" , "Gets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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