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Sleighed across heath, tumbled and snowballed (10)

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I believe the answer is:

mushroomed

'snowballed' is the definition.

'sleighed across heath tumbled' is the wordplay.
'sleighed' becomes 'mushed' (mush is a type of sled or sleigh).
'across' is an insertion indicator.
'heath' becomes 'moor' (I've seen this before).
'tumbled' is a reversal indicator.
'moor' backwards is 'room'.
'mushed' going around 'room' is 'MUSHROOMED'.

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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