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Walk after mum with a rather ungainly walk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shamble

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'a rather ungainly walk' is the definition.
'shamble' can be an answer for 'walk' (shamble is a kind of walk). I am not sure about the 'a rather ungainly' bit.

'walk after mum' is the wordplay.
'walk' becomes 'amble' (ambling is a kind of walking).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'mum' becomes 'sh' (I've seen this in other clues).
'amble' after 'sh' is 'SHAMBLE'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shamble that I've seen before include "Shuffle along awkwardly" , "Move with shuffling gait" , "Move shufflingly" , "not the way to walk up the aisle!" , "Walk lumberingly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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