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Hurried friend has a shed renovated (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

made haste

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

'friend has a shed renovated' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'mate' (mate is a kind of friend).
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'renovated' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'shed'='ashed'
'ashed' is an anagram of 'dehas'.
'mate' placed around 'dehas' is 'MADE HASTE'.

(Other definitions for made haste that I've seen before include "rushed" , "Hurried" , "progressed rapidly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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