Without delay, text offering affection after total damage (9)

I believe the answer is:

summarily

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'without delay' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'affection after total damage' is the wordplay.
'affection' becomes 'ily' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'total' becomes 'sum' (synonyms).
'damage' becomes 'mar' (to mar is to spoil or damage).
'sum'+'mar'='summar'
'ily' after 'summar' is 'SUMMARILY'.

'text offering' acts as a link.
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