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Accosted in Perth and ridiculed daily (7)

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I believe the answer is:

waylaid

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'accosted in perth' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how they can define each other.

'ridiculed daily' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'daily' is 'ylaid' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'wa' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for waylaid that I've seen before include "Aggressively intercepted" , "Ambushed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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