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Person so organised departs — for such a walk? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sponsored

'such a walk?' is the definition.
(as in a sponsored walk)

'person so organised departs' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'departs' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation e.g. train timetables).
'person'+'so'='personso'
'personso' anagrammed gives 'sponsore'.
'sponsore'+'d'='SPONSORED'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sponsored that I've seen before include "With backing" , "(Of event) supported financially" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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