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Helped to move like lightning? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greased

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'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.

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(Other definitions for greased that I've seen before include "Oiled" , "well lubricated" , "well buttered" , "Facilitated" , "got moving with gun?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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