Walk through temporary clearing (10)
I believe the answer is:
acquitting
'clearing' is the definition.
('acquit' can be a synonym of 'clear')
'walk through temporary' is the wordplay.
'walk' becomes 'quit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'through' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters go through the word).
'temporary' becomes 'acting' (similar in meaning).
'quit' going into 'acting' is 'ACQUITTING'.
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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