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Is a slow mover and when there's sun, does no work (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sidles

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'is a slow mover and' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'there's sun does no work' is the wordplay.
'there's' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sun' becomes 'S' (abbreviation).
'does no work' becomes 'idles' (idle can mean to do very little work).
's' put next to 'idles' is 'SIDLES'.

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sidles that I've seen before include "Walks sideways like crab" , "Moves sideways" , "Move sideways or furtively" , "Approaches obliquely" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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