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Below the first place, moved to the middle with small shoves (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elbows

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'shoves' is the definition.
(elbowing is a kind of shoving)

'below the first place moved to the middle with small' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'below' is 'elbow' which is located in the answer.
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for elbows that I've seen before include "Benders" , "Jostles" , "Human joints" , "They make a point of jostling" , "Arm-joints" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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