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Direction of Oscar's movement (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

across

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'direction' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'oscar's movement' is the wordplay.
'movement' is an anagram indicator.
'oscars' with letters rearranged gives 'ACROSS'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for across that I've seen before include "...this is 'Number Ten'" , "From side to side of (something)" , "As this is entered" , "Clues like this" , "stride - athwart" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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