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Consented to say audibly (7)

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I believe the answer is:

allowed

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

'say audibly' is the wordplay.
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'audibly' becomes 'aloud' (I've seen this before).
'aloud' is a homophone of 'ALLOWED'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for allowed that I've seen before include "Acknowledged" , "Legitimate" , "Gave permission" , "Permitted and granted" , "Owned" .)

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