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Being bent, fiddled (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bowed

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This could be a double definition.

'being bent' is the first definition.
('bowed' can be a synonym of 'bent')

'fiddled' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for bowed that I've seen before include "Kowtowed" , "violin played thus?" , "Was on the fiddle" , "Bent (with age)" , "as basses often are?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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