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Dive or rush with some speed around the court! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

swoop

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'dive' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'rush with some speed around the court' is the wordplay.
'rush with some speed' becomes 'sp' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'the court' becomes 'woo' (both can mean to romance someone).
'sp' placed around 'woo' is 'SWOOP'.

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for swoop that I've seen before include "Dive downwards" , "Predator's dive" , "Rush suddenly" , "Police raid" , "Descend suddenly (on)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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