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Change, and be impatient to be on the way (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

switch

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'change' is the definition.
(switch is a kind of change)

'be impatient to be on the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'way' could be 'w' (Compass direction - West) and 'w' is found in the answer.
'be' could be 'sit' (sitting is a kind of being) and 'sit' is located in the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'ch' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for switch that I've seen before include "Exchange positions for flexible rod or whip" , "Circuit breaker; change" , "Device for completing or breaking an electrical circuit" , "Shift" , "Change over - whip" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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