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Crawling son, small (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slow

'crawling' is the definition.
('slow' can be similar in meaning to 'crawling')

'son small' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's'.
'small' becomes 'low' ('low' can be a synonym of 'small').
's'+'low'='SLOW'

(Other definitions for slow that I've seen before include "Intellectually dull" , "Dilatory" , "Crawling" , "Not getting a move on" , "Reluctant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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