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Enjoyed long walk over 'ills 'n' dales initially (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liked

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'enjoyed long walk' is the definition.
'liked' can be an answer for 'enjoyed' (I've seen this in another clue). I'm unsure of the 'long walk' bit.

'ills n dales initially' is the wordplay.
'ills n' becomes 'like' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'dales' is 'd'.
'like'+'d'='LIKED'

'over' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for liked that I've seen before include "Took pleasure in" , "Enjoyed - popular" , "Was fond of" , "Appreciated" .)

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