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Predecessor treated and treated again (11)

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I believe the answer is:

reprocessed

'treated again' is the definition.
('processed' can be a synonym for 'treated' so perhaps 'reprocessed' is OK for 'treated again')

'predecessor treated' is the wordplay.
'treated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'predecessor' is an anagram of 'REPROCESSED'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Another definition for reprocessed that I've seen is " (Of old materials) made into a new article".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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