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Cryptic was like exercise for setter, say? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

walkies

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'exercise for setter say?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'cryptic was like' is the wordplay.
'cryptic' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'was'+'like'='waslike'
'waslike' anagrammed gives 'WALKIES'.

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(Other definitions for walkies that I've seen before include "Exercise for a dog" , "Dog's exercise" .)

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