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Agreement to fly over hostile headland (11)

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I believe the answer is:

willingness

'agreement' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fly over hostile headland' is the wordplay.
'fly' becomes 'wing' (synonyms).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'hostile' becomes 'ill' (ill can mean harmful or damaging).
'headland' becomes 'ness' (both can mean a promontory).
'wing' placed around 'ill' is 'willing'.
'willing'+'ness'='WILLINGNESS'

'to' acts as a link.

(Another definition for willingness that I've seen is " Inclination".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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