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Goes past red foolishly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

departs

'goes' is the definition.
('depart' can be a synonym of 'go')

'past red foolishly' is the wordplay.
'foolishly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'past'+'red'='pastred'
'pastred' anagrammed gives 'DEPARTS'.

(Other definitions for departs that I've seen before include "Goes away" , "Goes, leaves" , "Does runner" , "Quits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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