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I saw accommodating woman in order to be overwhelmed (9)

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I believe the answer is:

inundated

'be overwhelmed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'i saw accommodating woman in order' is the wordplay.
'saw' becomes 'dated' ('date' can be a synonym of 'see').
'accommodating' indicates putting letters inside.
'woman in order' becomes 'nun' (I've seen this before).
'i'+'dated'='idated'
'idated' placed around 'nun' is 'INUNDATED'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for inundated that I've seen before include "flooded" , "Deluged" , "drowned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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