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Still time to move east in Bury (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inert

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'still' is the definition.
(not moving)

'time to move east in bury' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'move' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'moved' mean this).
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'bury' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'e'+'in'='ein'
'ein' with letters rearranged gives 'ine'.
'ine'+'r'='iner'
't' after 'iner' is 'INERT'.

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(Other definitions for inert that I've seen before include "Disinclined to act" , "Torpid" , "Chem. non-reactive" , "Chemically unreactive" , "like nitrogen" .)

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