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Carries babies, taking energy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

totes

'carries' is the definition.
(toting is a kind of carrying)

'babies taking energy' is the wordplay.
'babies' becomes 'tots' (I've seen this before).
'taking' indicates putting letters inside.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'tots' enclosing 'e' is 'TOTES'.

(Other definitions for totes that I've seen before include "Bears" , "Carries, drags" , "Carries or shoulders" , "Carries the betting system" , "Carries, lugs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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