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Thin time acquiring Volume One’s opening? Good luck as you go (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

bon voyage

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'opening? good luck as you go' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'thin time acquiring volume one's' is the wordplay.
'thin' becomes 'bony' (similar in meaning).
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'acquiring' is an insertion indicator.
'volume one' becomes 'vo' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'bony'+'age'='bonyage'
'bonyage' placed around 'vo' is 'BON VOYAGE'.

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(Other definitions for bon voyage that I've seen before include "Have a nice cruise, monsieur" , "Have a good journey - at sea" , "travel well!" , "Have a good trip - on the briny" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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