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Line in second working socket possibly moving suddenly (9,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moonlight flitting

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'line in' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.

'second working socket possibly moving suddenly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'second' could be 'mo' (both are short periods of time) and 'mo' is found within the answer.
'working' could be 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on) and 'on' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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