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Move quickly south with a loud cry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shoot

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'move' is the definition.
(I know that shoot is a type of belt along)

'quickly south with a loud cry' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'south' could be 's' (abbreviation) and 's' is present in the answer.
'cry' could be 'hoot' (hoot is a kind of cry) and 'hoot' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for shoot that I've seen before include "Fire (a gun)" , "Fire at the new branch?" , "Fire - new growth" , "modelling session" , "big game expedition?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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