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Conveys swiftness of ageing via short meetings with potential romantic partners (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

speed dating

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'ageing via short meetings with potential romantic partners' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'conveys swiftness' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'swiftness' could be 'speed' (synonyms) and 'speed' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'dating' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for speed dating that I've seen before include "Quick modern way to find a partner?" , "Series of brief meetings" , "Quick way to meet a new partner?" , "Event where people can quickly size up potential partners" , "Series of person-to-person meetings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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