Pull a ton over large area of land (7)
I believe the answer is:
attract
'pull' is the definition.
(attracting is a kind of pulling)
'a ton over large area of land' is the wordplay.
'ton' becomes 't'.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'large area of land' becomes 'tract' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'t'+'tract'='ATTRACT'
(Other definitions for attract that I've seen before include "Arouse interest of" , "Behave like a magnet" , "Draw towards like a magnet" , "Act as a magnet" , "to be appealing" .)