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Has tea without a feeling of urgency (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haste

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'feeling of urgency' is the definition.
'haste' can be an answer for 'urgency' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'feeling of' bit.

'has tea without a' is the wordplay.
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'tea' with 'a' taken out is 'te'.
'has'+'te'='HASTE'

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(Other definitions for haste that I've seen before include "Expeditiousness" , "dispatch" , "The more of it, the less speed sometimes" , "Leader abandons modest" , "More of this can slow you up!" .)

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