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Made cross? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

voted

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'made' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'cross?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cross?' could be 'vote' (you cast a vote by drawing a cross) and 'vote' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for voted that I've seen before include "Expressed preference in a ballot" , "Took part in a ballot" , "Elected" , "Suggested" , "Made choice in ballot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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