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Doubted that French wine’s found around India (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

queried

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'doubted' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'that french wine's found around india' is the wordplay.
'that french' becomes 'que' (French for 'that').
'wine' becomes 'red wine' (red is a type of wine).
'found around' indicates putting letters inside.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'red' enclosing 'i' is 'ried'.
'que'+'ried'='QUERIED'

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(Other definitions for queried that I've seen before include "Expressed doubt about" , "Questioned" , "Marked with "?"" .)

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