Crossword Genius

Moaned audibly after hip locked up (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inside

'locked up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'moaned audibly after hip' is the wordplay.
'moaned' becomes 'sighed' (I've seen this before).
'audibly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hip' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'sighed' is a homophone of 'side'.
'side' put after 'in' is 'INSIDE'.

(Other definitions for inside that I've seen before include "(Of information) from a confidential source" , "Within - interior" , "confined" , "Enid is (anag) - within" , "Privileged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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