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Rush as then, possibly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hasten

'rush' is the definition.
(I know that rush can be written as hasten)

'as then possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'then'='asthen'
'asthen' anagrammed gives 'HASTEN'.

(Other definitions for hasten that I've seen before include "Be quick to do something" , "Step up" , "dash" , "Make faster" , "Hurry along" .)

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