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Credit law broken at a stroke (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crawl

'a stroke' is the definition.
(I know that crawl is a type of swimming stroke)

'credit law broken' is the wordplay.
'credit' becomes 'cr' (abbreviation).
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'law' with letters rearranged gives 'awl'.
'cr'+'awl'='CRAWL'

'at' is the link.

(Other definitions for crawl that I've seen before include "Slow advance" , "fawn" , "Move slowly (as a baby does?)" , "Progress, slow on land but fast in water" , "progress slowly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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