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Not that bothered about Troy's tattoos, I'd say (8)

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I believe the answer is:

methinks

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'say' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'not that bothered about troy's tattoos i'd' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tattoos' could be 'ink' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ink' is located in the answer.
'troy' could be 't' (abbreviation - troy is a unit of weight) and 't' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for methinks that I've seen before include "I feel ..." , "I believe" , "I gather" , "I reckon" , "In my view - knit hems (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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