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Design movement to cart sand off lots (4,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arts and crafts

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'design' is the definition.
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'movement to cart sand off lots' is the wordplay.
'movement' indicates anagramming the letters (letters move around).
'off lots' becomes 'rafts' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'off' bit.).
'cart'+'sand'='cartsand'
'cartsand' anagrammed gives 'artsandc'.
'artsandc'+'rafts'='ARTS AND CRAFTS'

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(Other definitions for arts and crafts that I've seen before include "movement in design" , "Movement devoted to the creation and decoration by hand of useful objects" .)

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