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Taxi to Bern turns out to be unreasonably excessive (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exorbitant

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'unreasonably excessive' is the definition.
'exorbitant' can be an answer for 'excessive' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'unreasonably' bit.

'taxi to bern turns out' is the wordplay.
'turns out' is an anagram indicator.
'taxi'+'to'+'bern'='taxitobern'
'taxitobern' anagrammed gives 'EXORBITANT'.

'to be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for exorbitant that I've seen before include "Very dear" , "Exceeding the bounds of reason" , "High cost" , "going beyond the limits?" , "Unreasonable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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