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Quickly regard appreciative audience (4,3,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

like the clappers

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'quickly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'regard appreciative audience' is the wordplay.
'regard' becomes 'like' (liking is a kind of regarding).
'appreciative' becomes 'the' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'audience' becomes 'clappers'.
'like'+'the'+'clappers'='LIKE THE CLAPPERS'

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(Other definitions for like the clappers that I've seen before include "Entertainers do this" , "very fast!" , "Very quickly" , "appreciate those people giving one a hand" , "enjoy an appreciative audience" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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