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Around countryside I ran, certainly ambling initially (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

circa

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'around' is the definition.
(circa means around or approximately)

'countryside i ran certainly ambling initially' is the wordplay.
'countryside i' becomes 'ci' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'ran certainly ambling' is 'rca'.
'ci'+'rca'='CIRCA'

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(Other definitions for circa that I've seen before include "Approximately (Latin)" , "Preposition meaning about, usually preceding a date" , "Costa del Sol city" , "(Especially of a date) approximately" , "Roughly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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