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Space traveller cut as moon explodes (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cosmonaut

'space traveller' is the definition.
(I know that space traveller can be written as cosmonaut)

'cut as moon explodes' is the wordplay.
'explodes' is an anagram indicator.
'cut'+'as'+'moon'='cutasmoon'
'cutasmoon' anagrammed gives 'COSMONAUT'.

(Other definitions for cosmonaut that I've seen before include "Spaceman" , "Yuri Gagarin, for example" , "Long distance traveller" , "Russian space traveller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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