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Got lather worked up somewhat slowly (9)

Ross

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larghetto

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'slowly' is the definition.
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'got lather worked up' is the wordplay.
'worked up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'got'+'lather'='gotlather'
'gotlather' is an anagram of 'LARGHETTO'.

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(Other definitions for larghetto that I've seen before include "rather slowly" , "Slowish" , "In a fairly slow tempo (>music)" , "Rather slow" , "Somewhat slow (music)" .)

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