Made a noise in a way that’s ruled out (7)
I believe the answer is:
rustled
'made a noise' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a way that's ruled out' is the wordplay.
'a way' becomes 'st'.
'that's ruled' becomes 'ruled'.
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'st' going within 'ruled' is 'RUSTLED'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rustled that I've seen before include "Stole (cattle, sheep, etc)" , "Stole (cattle); made a gentle noise" , "whispered" , "took stock" , "Stole cattle or made whispery sound" .)