Helped to move like lightning? (7)
I believe the answer is:
greased
'lightning?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'helped to move' is the wordplay.
'helped' becomes 'eased' (easing is a kind of helping).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'move' becomes 'gr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eased' after 'gr' is 'GREASED'.
'like' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for greased that I've seen before include "Oiled" , "well lubricated" , "well buttered" , "Facilitated" , "got moving with gun?" .)