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Is forced to leave the tea unfinished and to hurry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haste

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'to hurry' is the definition.
(haste is hurrying or rushing)

'is forced to leave the tea unfinished' is the wordplay.
'is forced to leave' becomes 'has' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'unfinished' means to remove the last letter.
'tea' with its final letter taken off is 'te'.
'has'+'te'='HASTE'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for haste that I've seen before include "dispatch" , "''Marry in . . . . ., repent at leisure''" , "Expedition" , "Rapidity" , "Inconsiderate speed" .)

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