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Willingly again to face the daily grind (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

readily

'willingly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'again to face the daily grind' is the wordplay.
'again' becomes 're' (prefix meaning 'again').
'to face' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'grind' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'grinding' mean this (letters must be ground into a new form)).
'daily' with letters rearranged gives 'adily'.
're'+'adily'='READILY'

(Other definitions for readily that I've seen before include "Willingly, without reluctance" , "Without hesitation" , "With pleasure" , "Willingly, quickly" , "Promptly; willingly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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