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Make a hasty start in a moment, more than twice (6)

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I believe the answer is:

thrice

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'make a hasty start in a moment more than twice' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'in a moment more than twice' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a moment' becomes 'trice' (I've seen this before).
'more than twice' becomes 'h' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'trice' going around 'h' is 'THRICE'.

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(Other definitions for thrice that I've seen before include "On three occasions" , "Three-time" , "Several times" , "Old usage for three times" , "In threefold degree" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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