Collected lead antiques with credit card and felt regret (7)
I believe the answer is:
accrued
'collected lead antiques' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'credit card and felt regret' is the wordplay.
'credit card' becomes 'acc' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'felt regret' becomes 'rued' (I've seen this in another clue).
'acc'+'rued'='ACCRUED'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for accrued that I've seen before include "Once built-up" , "Grew or accumulated like interest" , "Accumulated over time" .)