Bore first to bemoan difficult time (7)

I believe the answer is:

brought

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'bore' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'first to bemoan difficult time' is the wordplay.
'first to' suggests taking the first letters.
'difficult' becomes 'rough' (similar in meaning).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
The initial letter of 'bemoan' is 'b'.
'b'+'rough'+'t'='BROUGHT'

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(Other definitions for brought that I've seen before include "Took with oneself" , "Caused" , "Took along with you" , "Contributed" , "Carried (to a place)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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