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A loaded report was in store (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

awaited

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'report was in store' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'a loaded' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'waited' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for awaited that I've seen before include "Expected" , "anticipated" .)

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