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Hurry up with hakes, meat, salad (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

make haste

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

'with hakes meat salad' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'salad' is an anagram indicator (salad can refer to a mixture).
'hakes' put next to 'meat' is 'hakesmeat'.
'hakesmeat' anagrammed gives 'MAKE HASTE'.

(Other definitions for make haste that I've seen before include "Hurry, don't be slow" , "Festina lente - . . . . . . . . . slowly" , "speed" , "Shake mate to hurry up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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