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Carried across and cooked without hesitation

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ferried

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'carried across' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'cooked without hesitation' is the wordplay.
'cooked' becomes 'fried' (similar in meaning).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound used when hesitating).
'fried' enclosing 'er' is 'FERRIED'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ferried that I've seen before include "Carried from Dover to Calais, say" , "Taken by boat" .)

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