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Roast tuna cooked for distant traveller (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astronaut

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'distant traveller' is the definition.
'astronaut' can be an answer for 'traveller' (astronaut is a kind of traveller). I am not sure about the 'distant' bit.

'roast tuna cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked into a new form).
'roast'+'tuna'='roasttuna'
'roasttuna' is an anagram of 'ASTRONAUT'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for astronaut that I've seen before include "For member of high-flying mission" , "Person trained to travel in a spacecraft" , "Skier" , "High-flyer" , "Santa tour for space traveller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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