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Good journey taken round long hilltop (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ridge

'long hilltop' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'good journey taken round' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'journey' becomes 'ride' (riding is a kind of journeying).
'taken round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'g' put inside 'ride' is 'RIDGE'.

(Other definitions for ridge that I've seen before include "Top of a long narrow hill" , "Peak" , "Part of mountain" , "Raised strip between two furrows" , "High land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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