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Everybody, say, runs round pretty quickly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allegro

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'quickly' is the definition.
(musical term)

'everybody say runs round' is the wordplay.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (all people).
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean 'for example').
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'all'+'eg'+'r'+'o'='ALLEGRO'

'pretty' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for allegro that I've seen before include "Fast (mus.)" , "Instruction to perform in lively fashion" , "Scored at a brisk speed" , "Lively, quick (mus.)" , "Quickly (in music)" .)

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