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Came out depressed after fine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flowered

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

'depressed after fine' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'depressed' could be 'low' (similar in meaning) and 'low' is present in the answer.
'fine' could be 'f' (abbreviation) and 'f' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for flowered that I've seen before include "Put forth blossom" , "Blossomed" , "Reached a peak" , "opened out" , "Bloomed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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