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Walk along canal with top hat wobbling (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

towpath

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'walk' is the definition.
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'with top hat wobbling' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'wobbling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'w'+'top'+'hat'='wtophat'
'wtophat' with letters rearranged gives 'TOWPATH'.

'along canal' is the link.
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(Other definitions for towpath that I've seen before include "Riverside walk" , "Track once used to pull barges on canals" , "Track beside a canal" , "Canal-side walkway" , "canal feature" .)

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