Move quickly to central Harlesden with a girl (4)

I believe the answer is:

hope

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'girl' is the definition.

'move quickly to central harlesden' is the wordplay.
'move quickly' becomes 'hop' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to central' indicates the central letters.
The middle letter of 'harlesden' is 'e'.
'hop'+'e'='HOPE'

'with a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hope that I've seen before include "Optimism - English-born US comedian" , "Feeling of expectation or desire" , "Aspiration" , "'. . . . springs eternal in the human breast'" , "English-born US comedian, d. 2003" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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