The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SNAIL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SNAIL
- One in no hurry to whizz round north
- Take boat round north, a slow mover
- Very slow, slinky creature trapping sick one
- Animal with small spike
- L’Escargot caught up by Italian stallion
- Pest possibly slain in the garden
- Sloth, part Brazilian, sleeping upside down
- Home supporter catches cycling
- Lisa Simpson’s right about slow person
- After second arrest, one makes slow progress
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The straight part
We know that "slow person" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case slow person = snail.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SNAIL mean?
SNAIL noun- Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- (by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
- A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
- A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
- The pod of the snail clover.
- To move or travel very slowly.