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Moving ahead, along with map identifying both ends (5,3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

alpha and omega

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'moving ahead along with map identifying both ends' is the definition.
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'moving ahead along with map' is the wordplay.
'moving' indicates an anagram (letters are moved around).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'ahead'+'along'='aheadalong'
'aheadalong' after 'map' is 'mapaheadalong'.
'mapaheadalong' with letters rearranged gives 'ALPHA AND OMEGA'.

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(Other definitions for alpha and omega that I've seen before include "In another language, vowels" , "Extremist characters in Athens" , "identifying with God?" , "used to describe the deity" , "Two extremists literally" .)

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