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Leisurely walkers better ignoring leader, heading south (7)

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I believe the answer is:

amblers

'leisurely walkers' is the definition.
(people who walk leisurely)

'better ignoring leader heading south' is the wordplay.
'better' becomes 'gambler' (a gambler is someone who bets).
'ignoring leader' means to remove the first letter.
'heading south' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'gambler' with its first letter removed is 'ambler'.
'ambler'+'s'='AMBLERS'

(Another definition for amblers that I've seen is " Those taking it easy".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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