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Great distance out in space, right? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parsec

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'great distance' is the definition.
'parsec' can be an answer for 'distance' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'great' bit.

'out in space right?' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram.
'right?' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'space'+'r'='spacer'
'spacer' is an anagram of 'PARSEC'.

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(Other definitions for parsec that I've seen before include "Enormous distance" , "three and a quarter twenty sevens [LIGHT YEARS]" , "Unit of interstellar distance" , "unit for measuring distances" , "Unit of distance in space" .)

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