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Try to hurry endless idiotic speech (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drive

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This might be a double definition.

'try' is the first definition.
(I know that drive is a more specific form of fight)

'hurry endless idiotic speech' is the second definition.
'drive' can be an answer for 'hurry' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'endless idiotic speech' bit.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for drive that I've seen before include "Avenue" , "Use Aston Martin, say" , "Car journey; urge" , "Private road; impel" , "Energy - herd - private road" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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