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Walk around bottom of village for serenity (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peace

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'for serenity' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'walk around bottom of village' is the wordplay.
'walk' becomes 'pace' (pacing is a kind of walking).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'bottom of village' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pace' enclosing 'e' is 'PEACE'.

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(Other definitions for peace that I've seen before include "A Christmas wish" , "Accord" , "Absence of conflict" , "an answer to all clues, initially" , "Quiet - lack of warfare" .)

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