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Fancied a visitor, by the sound of it (7)

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I believe the answer is:

guessed

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'fancied' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'a visitor by the sound of it' is the wordplay.
'a visitor' becomes 'guest' (someone visiting a place).
'by the sound of it' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'guest' sounds like 'GUESSED'.

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(Other definitions for guessed that I've seen before include "took a shot" , "Thought" , "Surmised" , "Made estimate or hazarded opinion" , "Estimated, reckoned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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