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Going off to the west, walking in an ungainly way (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

waddling

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'walking in an ungainly way' is the definition.
'waddling' can be an answer for 'walking' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'in an ungainly way' bit.

'going off to the west' is the wordplay.
'going off' becomes 'addling' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the west' becomes 'W' (synonyms).
'addling' after 'w' is 'WADDLING'.

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(Other definitions for waddling that I've seen before include "Perhaps movement of duck" , "Dawdling (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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