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Round trip extremely boring in the event (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shot put

'event' is the definition.
(shot put is a kind of event)

'round trip extremely boring' is the wordplay.
'round' becomes 'shout' (shout can mean a round of drinks in a pub).
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters (only the extremes of the word are used).
'boring' is an insertion indicator (some letters must 'bore' a hole into other letters).
'trip' with its centre removed is 'tp'.
'shout' enclosing 'tp' is 'SHOT-PUT'.

'in the' is the link.

(Other definitions for shot put that I've seen before include "Olympic event" , "Competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled" , "Throwing event" , "Athletic field event" , "Throwing contest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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