Hurried, frantic, in direction of hospital on account of extreme toothache (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
made haste
'hurried' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'frantic in direction of hospital on account of extreme toothache' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'frantic' could be 'mad' (synonyms) and 'mad' is found in the answer.
'direction' could be 's' (S is an example) and 's' is found in the answer.
'hospital' could be 'h' (abbreviation for hospital) and 'h' is found within the answer.
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is located in the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'ee' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for made haste that I've seen before include "progressed rapidly" , "Hurried" , "rushed" .)