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Abide with hollow surrounds (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dwell

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'abide' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with hollow surrounds' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'with' could be 'w' (short for with) and 'w' is located in the answer.
'hollow' could be 'dell' (dell is a kind of hollow) and 'dell' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for dwell that I've seen before include "Remain" , "Harp" , "Focus attention (on)" , "stay" , "Live (in a place)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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