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Always pleased to get close to large swampy area (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

everglade

'swampy area' is the definition.

'always pleased to get close to large' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'ever' ('ever' can be a synonym of 'always'**).
'pleased' becomes 'glad' ('glad' can be similar in meaning to 'pleased').
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close/ending of).
The final letter of 'large' is 'e'.
'ever'+'glad'+'e'='EVERGLADE'

(Other definitions for everglade that I've seen before include "Swamp (in Florida, e.g.)" , "stretch of marshy grassland" , "nickname of US State" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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