Our recent end perplexed Met unexpectedly (12)

I believe the answer is:

rencountered

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'met unexpectedly' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.

'our recent end perplexed' is the wordplay.
'perplexed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'our'+'recent'+'end'='ourrecentend'
'ourrecentend' anagrammed gives 'RENCOUNTERED'.

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