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Moves quickly and tries to catch the ball (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shoots

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'moves' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
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(Other definitions for shoots that I've seen before include "Wounds; germinates" , "New growths or branches" , "Fires at new branches" , "fires gun" , "New sproutings" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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