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"__ rather than later, please" (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sooner

(Other definitions for sooner that I've seen before include "More readily; earlier" , "Earlier; more willingly" , "Rather" , "At an earlier time" , "native of Oklahoma" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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