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Rushed up with arguments for contracts (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

narrows

'contracts' is the definition.
('narrow' can be a synonym of 'contract')

'rushed up with arguments' is the wordplay.
'rushed' becomes 'ran'.
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'arguments' becomes 'rows' (I've seen this before).
'ran' reversed gives 'nar'.
'nar'+'rows'='NARROWS'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for narrows that I've seen before include "Contracts" , "Sound" , "Constricts" , "Confines" , "Gets smaller in width" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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