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Not topless in club, finding rope that controls movement (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mainbrace

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'controls movement' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'not topless in club finding rope' is the wordplay.
'not topless in club finding' becomes 'main' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rope' becomes 'brace' (brace is a kind of rope).
'main'+'brace'='MAINBRACE'

'that' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mainbrace that I've seen before include "may get spliced at sea" , "that got spliced" , "rope" , "It's spliced aboard" , "Part of rigging" .)

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