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Get up hurriedly and prepare the eggs (8)

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I believe the answer is:

scramble

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'eggs' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'get up hurriedly and prepare' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'get up' could be 'cram' (synonyms) and 'cram' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scramble that I've seen before include "climb over rocks" , "render unintelligible ..." , "Make one's way with disorderly haste" , "Encode (transmission); get plane off fast" , "make breakfast, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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