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Accustomed to making a date to go round a vessel? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attuned

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'accustomed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'making a date to go round a vessel?' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to go round' is an insertion indicator.
'a vessel?' becomes 'tun' (tun is a kind of vessel).
'date' with letters rearranged gives 'ated'.
'ated' placed around 'tun' is 'ATTUNED'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for attuned that I've seen before include "On the same wavelength" , "Receptive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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