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Stir fast? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hunger strike

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'fast?' is the definition.
(hunger strike is a kind of fast)

'stir' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'stir' is 'stri' which is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for hunger strike that I've seen before include "Starvation protest" , "Non-violent protest" , "fast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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