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Study with hesitation in landscape (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terrain

'landscape' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'study with hesitation' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'train' (training is a kind of studying).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'train' enclosing 'er' is 'TERRAIN'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for terrain that I've seen before include "Physical features of a tract of land" , "Tract of land with particular character" , "Physical feature of a stretch of ground" , "Piece of ground" , "Land of a particular type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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