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Valley seeing return of English youth (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dale

'valley' is the definition.
(I know that Dale is a type of valley)

'return of english youth' is the wordplay.
'return of' is a reversal indicator.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'youth' becomes 'lad' (lad means a young man).
'e'+'lad'='elad'
'elad' backwards is 'DALE'.

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dale that I've seen before include "Valley, particularly in Northern England" , "Low ground" , "Valley; man's name" , "See 8" , "depression" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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