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Stroke stomach close to navel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crawl

'stroke' is the definition.
(crawl is a kind of stroke)

'stomach close to navel' is the wordplay.
'stomach' becomes 'craw' (craw is a kind of stomach).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The last letter of 'navel' is 'l'.
'craw'+'l'='CRAWL'

(Other definitions for crawl that I've seen before include "Go on hands and knees" , "but very slowly on land" , "Proceed on hands and knees" , "inch" , "Be obsequious; swimming stroke" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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