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Wild parties lead to long walk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

traipse

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

'wild parties' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'parties' with letters rearranged gives 'TRAIPSE'.

'lead to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for traipse that I've seen before include "Tedious walk" , "Trudge or tramp in parties" , "Walk heavily" , "make slow progress" , "Pirates (anag) -- walk without 9" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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