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Tiny thing in creel not moving (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

electron

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'tiny thing' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'creel not moving' is the wordplay.
'moving' is an anagram indicator.
'creel'+'not'='creelnot'
'creelnot' is an anagram of 'ELECTRON'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for electron that I've seen before include "Tiny bit of power" , "Part of atom" , "Subatomic particle involved in conduction" , "In small part" , "Subatomic particle -- enrol etc (anag)" .)

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