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Moving lout is no answer (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

solution

'answer' is the definition.
(I know that answer can be written as solution)

'moving lout is no' is the wordplay.
'moving' indicates an anagram (letters are moved around).
'lout'+'is'+'no'='loutisno'
'loutisno' is an anagram of 'SOLUTION'.

(Other definitions for solution that I've seen before include "13 across" , "Holmes often sought?" , "Liquid mixture of two or more substances" , "Puzzle's answer" , "What you want here" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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