Chip's cartoon chum (4)
I believe the answer is:
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">chip's cartoon chum</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for dale that I've seen before include "depression" , "Low ground" , "Valley; old radio soap family" , "Open valley" , "Valley; man's name" .)