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Note possible routes for traveller abandoned (8)

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castaway

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(Other definitions for castaway that I've seen before include "One stranded remotely" , "Eg, Robinson Crusoe" , "one flung out" , "just one left on the Strand?" , "Desert island resident" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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