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Nasty type of slow approach (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

creep

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This might be a double definition.

'nasty type' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'slow approach' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for creep that I've seen before include "narrow passage" , "Walk slowly, silently" , "Inch" , "Slink" , "Move silently and secretly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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