Anticipate dealing with large wooded area and lake (9)
I believe the answer is:
forestall
'anticipate' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'dealing with large wooded area and lake' is the wordplay.
'dealing' becomes 'al' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'large wooded area' becomes 'forest' (I've seen this before).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'al' put after 'forest' is 'forestal'.
'forestal'+'l'='FORESTALL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forestall that I've seen before include "Check" , "Thwart" , "Stop" , "Avert" , "Arrive first" .)