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Encouragement over time to move faster (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spurt

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'move faster' is the definition.
'spurt' can be an answer for 'move' (spurting is a kind of moving). I'm not certain of the 'faster' bit.

'encouragement over time' is the wordplay.
'encouragement' becomes 'spur' (spur is a kind of encouragement).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'spur'+'t'='SPURT'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for spurt that I've seen before include "Gush out suddenly" , "Gush; sudden burst" , "A short burst of activity" , "Short spell of increased speed" , "Jet, gush" .)

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