Rushed inside to get ready and make a call before dinner (11)

I believe the answer is:

preprandial

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'before dinner' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rushed inside to get ready and make a call' is the wordplay.
'rushed inside' becomes 'ran' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'get ready' becomes 'prep' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'make a call' becomes 'dial' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ran' put after 'prep' is 'prepran'.
'prepran'+'dial'='PREPRANDIAL'

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(Other definitions for preprandial that I've seen before include "before meal" , "Taken before dinner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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