Went back to the grass surrounding the green (8)

I believe the answer is:

reverted

'went back to' is the definition.
('revert' can be a synonym of 'go back to')

'the grass surrounding the green' is the wordplay.
'the grass' becomes 'reed' (I've seen this in other clues).
'surrounding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the green' becomes 'vert' (I've seen this in other clues).
'reed' going around 'vert' is 'REVERTED'.

(Another definition for reverted that I've seen is " came back".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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