Search far end of Yorkshire dale (5)

I believe the answer is:

combe

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'dale' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'search far end of yorkshire' is the wordplay.
'search' becomes 'comb' (combing is a kind of searching).
'far end of yorkshire' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'comb'+'e'='COMBE'

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(Other definitions for combe that I've seen before include "Hollow" , "deep depression" , "valley" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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