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Road hog to go quickly before the rest, maybe (9)

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I believe the answer is:

speedster

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'road hog' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'go quickly before the rest maybe' is the wordplay.
'go quickly' becomes 'speed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'rest' anagrammed gives 'ster'.
'speed'+'ster'='SPEEDSTER'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for speedster that I've seen before include "He's Fleet" , "Fast car (or driver)" , "sports car" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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