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Casually try finding two books in valley (6)

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I believe the answer is:

dabble

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'casually try finding' is the definition.
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'two books in valley' is the wordplay.
'two books' means two replacements for 'book'.
'book' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book).
'book' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'valley' becomes 'dale' (dale is a kind of valley).
'b'+'b'='bb'
'bb' put into 'dale' is 'DABBLE'.

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(Other definitions for dabble that I've seen before include "Study or work at casually, not seriously" , "Tinker" , "Try something briefly and superficially" , "Treat superficially" , "Take dilettante interest (in)" .)

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