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Had an influence as little devil, having done something (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impacted

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'had an influence' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'little devil having done something' is the wordplay.
'little devil' becomes 'imp' (an imp is a little demon).
'having' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'done something' becomes 'acted' ('act' can be a synonym of 'do something').
'imp'+'acted'='IMPACTED'

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for impacted that I've seen before include "Had an effect upon" , "Wedged or packed in together, as a tooth say" , "had influence" , "Crushed" , "Of tooth, wedged between another tooth and jaw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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