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Races occasioning unseemly haste (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heats

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

'unseemly haste' is the wordplay.
'unseemly' indicates an anagram.
'haste' is an anagram of 'HEATS'.

'occasioning' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for heats that I've seen before include "Eliminating rounds in a contest" , "Eliminating rounds of a race" , "Makes hot or warm" , "Warms up for the preliminary races" , "Haste (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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