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Steps taken by travellers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flights

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'steps taken by travellers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'steps taken by travellers' is the wordplay.
'steps' becomes 'flight' (I've seen this before).
'taken by travellers' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'flight'+'s'='FLIGHTS'

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(Other definitions for flights that I've seen before include "Escapes" , "Sets of steps" , "Air journeys" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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