Move smoothly,taking cover in middle of hedgerow (5)
I believe the answer is:
glide
'move' is the definition.
(I know that glide is a more specific form of the action move)
'cover in middle of hedgerow' is the wordplay.
'cover' becomes 'lid' (lid is a kind of cover).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letters of 'hedgerow' are 'ge'.
'lid' going into 'ge' is 'GLIDE'.
'smoothlytaking' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for glide that I've seen before include "Move smoothly, as a sailplane" , "Move gracefully" , "Soar" , "Gelid (anag.)" , "Make an unpowered flight" .)