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Seemed happy moving south — but deluded (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misled

'deluded' is the definition.
(delude can mean to mislead)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for misled that I've seen before include "Given the wrong idea" , "Sent someone in the wrong direction" , "Cause someone to go in the wrong direction" , "as 15 [HOAX] did" , "Sent in the wrong direction or deceived" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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