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He leaves the study to walk (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tread

'walk' is the definition.
(treading is a kind of walking)

'he leaves the study' is the wordplay.
'leaves' suggests deleting specific letters.
'study' becomes 'read' ('read' can be a synonym of 'study').
'the' with 'he' removed is 't'.
't'+'read'='TREAD'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tread that I've seen before include "Walk; part of tyre" , "dance" , "Moulded part of a tyre" , "Tramp" , "Part of flight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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