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Married to me, cried plaintively (5)

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I believe the answer is:

mewed

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'cried plaintively' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'married to me' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'wed' (similar in meaning).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'wed' after 'me' is 'MEWED'.

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(Other definitions for mewed that I've seen before include "Made cat noise" , "confined" , "cried pitifully" , "made catty remark" .)

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