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Rushing Ben in yarn I contrived (2,1,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in a hurry

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

'ben in yarn i contrived' is the wordplay.
'ben' becomes 'hur' (ben hur is a religious drama film).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'contrived' indicates anagramming the letters.
'yarn'+'i'='yarni'
'yarni' with letters rearranged gives 'inary'.
'hur' put into 'inary' is 'IN A HURRY'.

(Other definitions for in a hurry that I've seen before include "Rushed for time" , "Rushing" .)

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