Fancied a visitor, by the sound of it (7)
I believe the answer is:
guessed
'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'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for guessed that I've seen before include "took a shot" , "Thought" , "Surmised" , "Made estimate or hazarded opinion" , "Estimated, reckoned" .)