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Drew a stretch of land surrounded by Heath (9)

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I believe the answer is:

attracted

'drew' is the definition.
(attracting is a kind of drawing)

'a stretch of land surrounded by heath' is the wordplay.
'stretch of land' becomes 'tract' (I've seen this before).
'surrounded by' indicates putting letters inside.
'heath' becomes 'ted'.
'tract' inserted within 'ted' is 'ttracted'.
'a'+'ttracted'='ATTRACTED'

(Other definitions for attracted that I've seen before include "Drew to, magnatized" , "Allured, magnetized" , "Drawn by magnetism" , "Drew towards" , "Exerted a gravitational pull" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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