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To travel a distance by air makes you giddy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flyaway

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'air makes you giddy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'to travel a distance' is the wordplay.
'to travel' becomes 'fly' (flying is a kind of travelling).
'distance' becomes 'way' (way is a kind of distance).
'fly'+'a'+'way'='FLYAWAY'

'by' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for flyaway that I've seen is " Escape by air".)

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