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Heat spots develop quickly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

posthaste

'quickly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'heat spots develop' is the wordplay.
'develop' indicates an anagram.
'heat'+'spots'='heatspots'
'heatspots' with letters rearranged gives 'POSTHASTE'.

(Other definitions for posthaste that I've seen before include "Yes!" , "With utmost speed -- to the pass (anag)" , "With great speed, after hurry" , "Hurry the mail with utmost speed" , "As quickly as possible" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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