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Walk around certain to be adored (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treasured

'be adored' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'walk around certain' is the wordplay.
'walk' becomes 'tread' (treading is a kind of walking**).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'certain' becomes 'sure' ('sure' can be a synonym of 'certain').
'tread' placed around 'sure' is 'TREASURED'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for treasured that I've seen before include "Regarded as precious" , "Valuable" , "Darling" , "Much-valued" , "Chersihed, held dear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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