Crushed from work and in a hurry (9)
I believe the answer is:
oppressed
'crushed' is the definition.
('oppress' can be a synonym of 'crush')
'work and in a hurry' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'in a hurry' becomes 'pressed' (I've seen this before).
'op'+'pressed'='OPPRESSED'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for oppressed that I've seen before include "Governed harshly, weighed down" , "Persecuted, burdened" , "Downtrodden" , "Tormented" , "Gave too much weight to" .)