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Ring fighter moved fast and picked up gold (6)

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I believe the answer is:

torero

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'ring fighter' is the definition.
'torero' can be an answer for 'fighter' (torero is a kind of fighter). I'm unsure of the 'ring' bit.

'moved fast and picked up gold' is the wordplay.
'moved fast' becomes 'tore' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'picked up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'or' in reverse letter order is 'ro'.
'tore'+'ro'='TORERO'

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(Other definitions for torero that I've seen before include "Bullfighter" , "Blood-sport participant" , "Escamillo, for example" , "One perhaps impaled" , "hero in the ring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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