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Awfully pleased about a new walkway (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esplanade

'walkway' is the definition.
(I know that esplanade is a type of Promenade)

'awfully pleased about a new' is the wordplay.
'awfully' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'pleased' anagrammed gives 'esplade'.
'a'+'n'='an'
'esplade' going around 'an' is 'ESPLANADE'.

(Other definitions for esplanade that I've seen before include "place for a stroll" , "Space for a stroll by the seaside" , "Level seashore walkway" , "Walkway by the sea" , "Seafront walk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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