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Wandering south with many (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thousand

'many' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'wandering south with' is the wordplay.
'wandering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' becomes 'and'.
'south' anagrammed gives 'thous'.
'thous'+'and'='THOUSAND'

(Other definitions for thousand that I've seen before include "Roman numeral M" , "Ten cubed" , "quite a lot" , "M or K" , "-- Island dressing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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