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Proceeds
clumsily
with
talk
about
growth
and
height
(8)
Proceeds clumsily with talk about growth and height (8)
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How the clue works
Right, so Proceeds clumsily is what we're defining — moving about in a big awkward bounding way. For the wordplay, "talk" gives you GAS, and you wrap that around LUMP (that's your "growth") plus H (the usual abbreviation for height), so it all stacks up as GA-LUMP-H-S.