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Pass by and see moving round inside (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elapse

'pass by' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'see moving round inside' is the wordplay.
'moving' is an anagram indicator.
'round' becomes 'lap' (as in a round or lap of a park**).
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'see' with letters rearranged gives 'ese'.
'ese' going around 'lap' is 'ELAPSE'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elapse that I've seen before include "pass in silence" , "Pass away - asleep (anag)" , "Go by - pass away" , "Passing" , "(Of time) go by" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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