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Succeed at the long jump away from home?

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outbound

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'succeed at the long jump' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'away from home?' is the wordplay.
'away' becomes 'out' ('out' can be a synonym of 'away').
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'home?' becomes 'bound' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out'+'bound'='OUTBOUND'

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(Other definitions for outbound that I've seen before include "Headed away from home base" , "Going away" , "Leaving" , "Being in the process of departing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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