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Looked happy to go round new church (7)

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I believe the answer is:

glanced

'looked' is the definition.
(glancing is a kind of looking)

'happy to go round new church' is the wordplay.
'happy' becomes 'glad' ('glad' can be similar in meaning to 'happy'**).
'to go round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'n'+'ce'='nce'
'glad' placed around 'nce' is 'GLANCED'.

(Other definitions for glanced that I've seen before include "Looked quickly" , "Took a quick look" , "Peeked" , "Glimpsed" , "Looked briefly or bounced off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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