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Each foot initially grazed, swore (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

effed

'swore' is the definition.

'each foot initially grazed' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'grazed' becomes 'fed'.
The first letters of 'each foot' is 'ef'.
'ef'+'fed'='EFFED'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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