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Swift traveller (8)

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gulliver

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'traveller' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for gulliver that I've seen before include "Dean Swift's travelling man" , "Swift man" , "Lilliput visitor" , "Dean Swift's fictional traveller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.
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