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I’m pursuing figure immediately (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

statim

'immediately' is the definition.
(Latin term)

'i'm pursuing figure' is the wordplay.
'pursuing' says to put letters next to each other.
'figure' becomes 'stat' (I've seen this before).
'im' after 'stat' is 'STATIM'.

(Another definition for statim that I've seen is " Immediately (Latin)".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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