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Crawled to get some eggs? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

scrambled

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'crawled' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for scrambled that I've seen before include "like the RAF officer's eggs?" , "quickly sent flying" , "Ordered a fighter aircraft to take off immediately" , "Made electronic messages unintelligible" , "Thrown together in a disorderly fashion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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