Swims with speed where pipes run (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
crawl space
'where pipes run' is the definition.
(pipes might be located in crawl space)
'swims with speed' is the wordplay.
'swims' becomes 'crawls' (crawling is a kind of swimming).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'speed' becomes 'pace' (pace is a kind of speed).
'crawls'+'pace'='CRAWL SPACE'
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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