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Naughty nude lady's wanting adult at once (8)

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I believe the answer is:

suddenly

'at once' is the definition.

'naughty nude lady's wanting adult' is the wordplay.
'naughty' indicates an anagram.
'wanting' suggests deleting specific letters (to want something can mean to lack it or need it).
'adult' becomes 'a'.
'nude'+'ladys'='nudeladys'
'nudeladys' with 'a' taken away is 'nudeldys'.
'nudeldys' anagrammed gives 'SUDDENLY'.

(Other definitions for suddenly that I've seen before include "Quickly, unexpectedly" , "Without any warning, unexpectedly" , "Fast and unexpectedly" , "Quickly and without warning" , "Out of the blue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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