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Moving easily, price calculation holding answer (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coasting

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'moving easily' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'price calculation holding answer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'answer' could be 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'price' could be 'cost' (synonyms) and 'cost' is present in the remaining letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for coasting that I've seen before include "Just rolling along with agnostic" , "Not trying all that hard" , "Agnostic (anag) -- moving easily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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