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Left on stomach move thus? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crawl

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'move thus?' is the definition.
'crawl' can be an answer for 'move' (crawling is a kind of moving). I'm not sure about the 'thus?' bit.

'left on stomach' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'stomach' becomes 'craw' (craw is a kind of stomach).
'l' after 'craw' is 'CRAWL'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for crawl that I've seen before include "This can take you quickly through water" , "something used at the pool" , "Grovel" , "progress slowly" , "inch" .)

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