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Meant to get a hundred pounds by stated right (7)

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I believe the answer is:

claimed

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

'meant to get a hundred pounds' is the wordplay.
'meant' becomes 'aimed' (aiming is a kind of meaning).
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a hundred' becomes 'c' (Roman numeral).
'pounds' becomes 'l' (L can represent the monetary pound).
'c'+'l'='cl'
'aimed' put after 'cl' is 'CLAIMED'.

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for claimed that I've seen before include "Asserted right to or interest in" , "Asserted, contended" , "Asserted one's right to" , "Called for" , "Declared" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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