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Judge duelled, losing head, given more gas (9)

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I believe the answer is:

refuelled

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'given more gas' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'judge duelled losing head' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'ref' (referee).
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'duelled' with its first letter removed is 'uelled'.
'ref'+'uelled'='REFUELLED'

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