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Move smoothly as rowing teams in sound (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cruise

'move smoothly' is the definition.

'rowing teams in sound' is the wordplay.
'rowing teams' becomes 'crews'.
'in sound' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'crews' sounds like 'CRUISE'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cruise that I've seen before include "Holiday at sea" , "Sail around" , "Sea trip" , "journey" , "Coast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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