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Goes around a bit with Desmond (7)

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I believe the answer is:

departs

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'goes' is the definition.
('depart' can be a synonym of 'go')

'around a bit with desmond' is the wordplay.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a bit with' becomes 'part' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'desmond' becomes 'des' (I've seen this in other clues).
'part' put within 'des' is 'DEPARTS'.

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(Other definitions for departs that I've seen before include "Does runner" , "Quits" , "Goes away" , "Goes, leaves" .)

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