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Got a form of address edited (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sired

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'got' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a form of address edited' is the wordplay.
'a form of address' becomes 'sir' (I've seen this in another clue).
'edited' becomes 'ed' (publishing abbreviation).
'sir'+'ed'='SIRED'

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(Other definitions for sired that I've seen before include "Begot" , "Fathered" .)

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