Came down and hurried round to court (7)

I believe the answer is:

swooped

'came down' is the definition.
(swooping is a kind of coming down)

'hurried round to court' is the wordplay.
'hurried' becomes 'sped' ('speed' can be a synonym of 'hurry').
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to court' becomes 'woo' (both can mean to romance someone).
'sped' placed around 'woo' is 'SWOOPED'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Another definition for swooped that I've seen is " Came down quickly".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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