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Give evidence during trial (6)

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attest

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'give evidence' is the definition.
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'during trial' is the wordplay.
'during' becomes 'at' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'trial' becomes 'test' ('test' can be a synonym of 'trial').
'at'+'test'='ATTEST'

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(Other definitions for attest that I've seen before include "Bear formal witness to, give evidence" , "Confirm to be true" , "say, in court" , "show?" , "Declare (that something is the case)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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