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Moves off and slides away (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sidles

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'moves off' is the definition.
'sidles' can be an answer for 'moves' (sidling is a kind of moving). I am unsure of the 'off' bit.

'slides away' is the wordplay.
'away' indicates an anagram (letters move away from their original places).
'slides' anagrammed gives 'SIDLES'.

'and' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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