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Nice days, clinching return of desire for outings (8)

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I believe the answer is:

journeys

'outings' is the definition.
(an outing is a journey somewhere)

'nice days clinching return of desire' is the wordplay.
'nice days' becomes 'jours' ('days' in French - eg in Nice).
'clinching' is an insertion indicator.
'return of' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'desire' becomes 'yen' (yen can mean a longing or desire).
'yen' reversed gives 'ney'.
'jours' going around 'ney' is 'JOURNEYS'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for journeys that I've seen before include "Trips, expeditions" , "Travels from place to place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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