Stressed at first, man hoovered shoddily (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

drove home

'stressed' is the definition.
(to drive something home is to emphasise it)

'at first man hoovered shoddily' is the wordplay.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'first man' becomes 'm' (1st letter of 'man').
'shoddily' indicates anagramming the letters (a shoddy spelling).
'm' after 'hoovered' is 'hooveredm'.
'hooveredm' with letters rearranged gives 'DROVE HOME'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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