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Duly hire new housing minister, ultimately in a rush (9)

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I believe the answer is:

hurriedly

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'in a rush' is the definition.
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'duly hire new housing minister ultimately' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'housing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ultimately' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'minister' is 'r'.
'duly'+'hire'='dulyhire'
'dulyhire' is an anagram of 'huriedly'.
'huriedly' enclosing 'r' is 'HURRIEDLY'.

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(Another definition for hurriedly that I've seen is " In haste".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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