Crossword Genius

Moves teams around the Docklands centre (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slides

'moves' is the definition.
(slide is a kind of move)

'teams around the docklands centre' is the wordplay.
'teams' becomes 'sides' (eg football sides).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'docklands' is 'l'.
'sides' going around 'l' is 'SLIDES'.

(Other definitions for slides that I've seen before include "Sloping chutes in playgrounds" , "Sloping chutes in the playground" , "Slips, slithers" , "Pieces of glass under the microscope" , "Pieces of glass for study of specimens" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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