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Grant’s first lady briefly liked to travel north (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

devolve

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'grant's' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'first lady briefly liked to travel north' is the wordplay.
'first lady' becomes 'eve' (I've seen this before).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'liked' becomes 'loved' (loving is a kind of liking).
'to travel north' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'travelling north' mean this (in a down clue, letters go up)).
'eve' with its last letter removed is 'ev'.
'ev'+'loved'='evloved'
'evloved' backwards is 'DEVOLVE'.

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(Other definitions for devolve that I've seen before include "Transfer (to regions)" , "Transfer power" , "Delegate" , "Pass powers to regional government" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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