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Second working rule drawn up before end of week, reversing move by Jackson? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moonwalk

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'by jackson?' is the definition.
(I know that Moonwalk author Michael Jackson)

'second working rule drawn up before end of week' is the wordplay.
'second working' becomes 'moon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rule' becomes 'law' (law is a kind of rule).
'drawn up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'week' is 'k'.
'law' reversed gives 'wal'.
'moon'+'wal'+'k'='MOONWALK'

'reversing move' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for moonwalk that I've seen before include "Jackson's dance - Armstrong's first" , "Lunar stroll - disco manoeuvre" , "Dance performed by Michael Jackson" , "Dance by Michael Jackson - steps by Neil Armstrong" , "Michael Jackson dance step" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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