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Hastily seize the sauce (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catch up

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'sauce' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hastily seize' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'seize' could be 'catch' (catching is a kind of seizing) and 'catch' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'up' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for catch up that I've seen before include "Draw level" , "Backward student must try to do this" , "Sauce" , "Prepare to overtake" , "Lag no longer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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