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Old characters making trips out east (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

runes

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

'trips out east' is the wordplay.
'trips' becomes 'runs' (run is a kind of trip).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'runs' enclosing 'e' is 'RUNES'.

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for runes that I've seen before include "old characters" , "Old letters" , "Small stones bearing symbols with magic significance" , "Mysterious letters" , "marks on old tablets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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