Crossword Genius

Father gets woman hurried (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dashed

'hurried' is the definition.
(dashing is a kind of hurrying)

'father gets woman' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'dad' (informal term for father).
'gets' is an insertion indicator (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'woman' becomes 'she'.
'dad' placed around 'she' is 'DASHED'.

(Other definitions for dashed that I've seen before include "Thrown to the ground, as hopes may be" , "Ran hastily" , "Cast down as hopes may be" , "Jolly" , "hurled at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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