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Time to nip in for one holiday (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stay

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'for one holiday' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'time to nip in' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to nip' becomes 'say' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
't' going inside 'say' is 'STAY'.

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(Other definitions for stay that I've seen before include "Stick around" , "Remain; guy" , "Remain behind" , "Check" , "Visit (for the night)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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