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Crawl into palace as gas explodes (2,2,1,6,4)

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I believe the answer is:

go at a snails pace

'crawl' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'into palace as gas explodes' is the wordplay.
'explodes' is an anagram indicator.
'into'+'palace'+'as'+'gas'='intopalaceasgas'
'intopalaceasgas' anagrammed gives 'GO AT A SNAILS PACE'.

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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