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Ponder dismal moves to find paradise (8,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

promised land

'paradise' is the definition.
('promised land' can be a synonym of 'paradise')

'ponder dismal moves' is the wordplay.
'moves' indicates an anagram.
'ponder'+'dismal'='ponderdismal'
'ponderdismal' anagrammed gives 'PROMISED LAND'.

'to find' is the link.

(Other definitions for promised land that I've seen before include "paradise" , "Canaan - where one hopes to find happiness" , "What revolutionaries often did to peasants" , "Place of milk and honey" , "heaven" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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