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Forceful energy and speed at one hundred (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emphatic

'forceful' is the definition.
('emphatic' can be similar in meaning to 'forceful')

'energy and speed at one hundred' is the wordplay.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'speed' becomes 'mph' (miles per hour).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'hundred' becomes 'c' (Roman numeral).
'e'+'mph'+'at'+'i'+'c'='EMPHATIC'

(Other definitions for emphatic that I've seen before include "Able to experience another's feelings" , "speaking firmly" , "In no uncertain terms" , "Forceful - pronounced" , "being stressed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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