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In no hurry, CID officer’s going to Yard and forming team (5-8)

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I believe the answer is:

dilly-dallying

'in no hurry' is the definition.

'cid officer's going to yard and forming team' is the wordplay.
'cid officer' becomes 'di' (detective inspector).
'going to' becomes 'll' (as in he'll, we'll etc).
'yard' becomes 'yd'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'forming team' becomes 'allying'.
'di'+'ll'+'yd'+'allying'='DILLY-DALLYING'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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