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Very quick in giving me the rice to cook (8)

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I believe the answer is:

meteoric

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'very quick' is the definition.
'meteoric' can be an answer for 'quick' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'very' bit.

'giving me the rice to cook' is the wordplay.
'giving' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cook' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rice'+'to'='riceto'
'riceto' anagrammed gives 'teoric'.
'me'+'teoric' is 'METEORIC'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for meteoric that I've seen before include "flashing!" , "moving at high speed" , "Spectacularly fast" , "Fast; brilliant" , "Remarkably rapid" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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