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Hurried past Coventry's original ground (7)

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I believe the answer is:

crushed

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'original ground' is the definition.
'crushed' can be an answer for 'ground' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'original' bit.

'hurried past coventry's' is the wordplay.
'hurried' becomes 'rushed' ('rush' can be a synonym of 'hurry').
'past' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'coventry' becomes 'c' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'rushed' after 'c' is 'CRUSHED'.

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(Other definitions for crushed that I've seen before include "Violently subdued" , "Trampled" , "Devastated" , "Pulverised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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