Quickly make approach (3-2)

Independent Cryptic #12121 | 28 Across | 2025-08-14
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

RUN UP (make quickly, especially as in a dressmaker creating a garment at short notice). Not quite a double definition because this usage doesn’t include a hyphen. Definition as in “the run-up to the big match” = the days or hours immediately preceding it.

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