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Goal that's one in a million (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aim

'goal' is the definition.
(aim is a kind of goal)

'one in a million' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'million' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'a'+'m'='am'
'i' placed into 'am' is 'AIM'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for aim that I've seen before include "Train" , "Point (gun); intention" , "Point (a camera)" , "Steady, ... fire" , "End" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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