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Ace travelling to Saturn? One usually goes less far! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astronaut

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'one usually goes less far' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'ace travelling to saturn?' is the wordplay.
'ace' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'travelling' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'saturn'='tosaturn'
'tosaturn' anagrammed gives 'stronaut'.
'a'+'stronaut'='ASTRONAUT'

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(Other definitions for astronaut that I've seen before include "High-flier" , "Person trained to travel in a spacecraft" , "heavenly voyager" , "High-flyer" , "Buzz Aldrin, for example" .)

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