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No variety in the numbers crawling (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all fours

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'crawling' is the definition.
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'no variety in the numbers' is the wordplay.
'no variety in' becomes 'all' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the numbers' becomes 'fours' (four is a kind of number).
'all'+'fours'='ALL-FOURS'

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(Other definitions for all fours that I've seen before include "Hands and feet" , "Hands and knees - crawl on them" , "Both arms and legs" , "Walking on them, one is on hands and knees" , "steady par round?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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