The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOVE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HOVE
- No end to dismal accommodation in resort
- Moved to Sussex coast
- Resort hotel beside old abandoned vicarage
- Linger endlessly in south coast location
- Coastal location offering Beethoven’s Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth
- Wretched dwelling inadequate for south coast location
- Moved in a nautical fashion along the coast from Brighton
- Shy boy I’ve met all undressed in seaside resort
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The straight part
We know that "Moved/Sussex coast" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case moved/sussex coast = hove.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HOVE mean?
HOVE verb- To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
- To wait, linger.
- To move on or by.
- To remain; delay.
- To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
- To raise; lift; hold up.
- To rise.
- To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- To throw, cast.
- To rise and fall.
- To utter with effort.
- To pull up with a rope or cable.
- To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
- To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
- To displace (a vein, stratum).
- To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
- To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
- To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
- To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
- To rob; to steal from; to plunder.