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Hip fractured recently in pursuit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

philately

'pursuit' is the definition.
(philately means stamp collecting)

'hip fractured recently' is the wordplay.
'fractured' indicates an anagram.
'recently' becomes 'lately' (synonyms).
'hip' is an anagram of 'phi'.
'phi'+'lately'='PHILATELY'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for philately that I've seen before include "The hobby of stamp collecting" , "Collecting little stickers" , "collecting small items that may grow in value" , "interest in stamps" , "stamps territory?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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