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Rubs lady in need of massage, ridiculously (8)

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I believe the answer is:

absurdly

'ridiculously' is the definition.
(ridiculous can mean absurd)

'rubs lady in need of massage' is the wordplay.
'in need of massage' indicates anagramming the letters (letters massaged or manipulated).
'rubs'+'lady'='rubslady'
'rubslady' anagrammed gives 'ABSURDLY'.

(Another definition for absurdly that I've seen is " Ludicrously, idiotically".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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