The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HOTFOOT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result HOTFOOT
- Quickly call, ringing up a lot
- Poet’s named to sum up quickly
- Fashionable and extremely loud, rising quickly
- Time Foreign Office should intervene in riot quickly
- Care taken over frequently getting up in haste
- Result of firewalking at top speed
- Popular measure without delay
- Result of stepping into boiling water in haste
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The straight part
We know that "quickly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case quickly = hotfoot.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HOTFOOT mean?
HOTFOOT noun- The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
- To run (a distance).
- Hastily; without delay.