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Moves nippily to recycle waste around the weekend (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tweaks

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'moves nippily' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'to recycle waste around the weekend' is the wordplay.
'to recycle' indicates an anagram (use the letters again in a new way).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the weekend' becomes 'k' (I've seen this in other clues).
'waste' anagrammed gives 'tweas'.
'tweas' placed around 'k' is 'TWEAKS'.

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(Other definitions for tweaks that I've seen before include "Pinches and twists, perhaps nose" , "Makes little adjustments" , "Pinches and twists sharply" , "Improves a little" , "Some fine tuning" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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