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Old city chap, desperate (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

urgent

'desperate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'old city chap' is the wordplay.
'old city' becomes 'ur' (ancient city state).
'chap' becomes 'gent' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'ur'+'gent'='URGENT'

(Other definitions for urgent that I've seen before include "Of immediate importance" , "Pressing, compelling" , "Requiring immediate action" , "Calling for immediate attention" , "Requiring immediate attention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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