Rush around star with time to get spruced up (9)
I believe the answer is:
renovated
'rush' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'star with time to get spruced up' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'star' could be 'nova' (nova is a kind of star) and 'nova' is present in the answer.
'time' could be 'ret' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ret' is found within the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'around' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for renovated that I've seen before include "Done up" , "Healthy again" .)