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Extremely short journeys -- walks! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strides

'walks' is the definition.
(striding is a kind of walking)

'extremely short journeys' is the wordplay.
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters.
'journeys' becomes 'rides' (ride is a kind of journey).
'short' with its middle taken out is 'st'.
'st'+'rides'='STRIDES'

(Other definitions for strides that I've seen before include "Walks with long paces" , "Long walking steps" , "Trousers (Australian)" , "pants [STRINE]" , "Trousers; long steps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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