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Rushed, first drove to a building outside a house (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dashed

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'rushed' is the definition.
(dashing is a kind of rushing)

'first drove to a building outside a house' is the wordplay.
'first' indicates taking the first letters.
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'building' indicates an anagram.
'outside' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (outside can mean adjacent to).
'a house' becomes 'shed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The initial letter of 'drove' is 'd'.
'd' after 'a' is 'ad'.
'ad' is an anagram of 'da'.
'da'+'shed'='DASHED'

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(Other definitions for dashed that I've seen before include "Sprinted or cast down" , "Moved very quickly or hastily" , "completely destroyed" , "Rushed headlong" , "Sprinted, rushed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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