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Dispatch car crashing in Italy unfortunately (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alacrity

'dispatch' is the definition.
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'car crashing in italy unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'crashing' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters.
'car' is an anagram of 'acr'.
'italy' is an anagram of 'ality'.
'acr' put inside 'ality' is 'ALACRITY'.

(Other definitions for alacrity that I've seen before include "Prompt and eager readiness" , "Briskness, liveliness" , "Eagerness, enthusiasm" , "prompt response" , "Promptness, eagerness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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