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Having filled to the brim, flew round (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stopped

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'flew round' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'having filled to the brim' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for stopped that I've seen before include "Prevented" , "What Terminator did" , "Ceased, ended" , "gave up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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