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Caught in squall, egret toppled pretty quickly (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allegretto

'pretty quickly' is the definition.
(musical direction)

'caught in squall egret toppled' is the wordplay.
'caught in' indicates a hidden word.
'ALLEGRETTO' is hidden in the letters of 'squall egret toppled'.

(Other definitions for allegretto that I've seen before include "with reasonable rapidity" , "fairly speedily" , "Moving fairly briskly (music)" , "somewhat quick" , "at a fairly brisk rate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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