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Narrator describing short party for tourist (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

traveller

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

'narrator describing short party' is the wordplay.
'narrator' becomes 'teller' (I've seen this before).
'describing' is an insertion indicator (describe can mean to form the outline of).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'party' becomes 'rave' (type of dance party).
'rave' with its last letter removed is 'rav'.
'teller' going around 'rav' is 'TRAVELLER'.

(Other definitions for traveller that I've seen before include "One making a journey" , "Salesman" , "Rep" , "Person on a journey" , "Tourist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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