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Traded badly when hurried (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

darted

'hurried' is the definition.
(darting is a kind of hurrying)

'traded badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'traded' with letters rearranged gives 'DARTED'.

'when' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for darted that I've seen before include "Was fleet" , "Moved suddenly like game missile" , "Dashed, on the electric train?" , "Moved quickly and suddenly" , "Sniped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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