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Rang the bell audibly and gave the news (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

told

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'rang the bell' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'audibly and gave the news' is the wordplay.
'audibly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'and' becomes 'too'.
'gave the news' becomes 'ld' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'too' is a homophone of 'to'.
'to'+'ld'='TOLD'

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(Other definitions for told that I've seen before include "Assured" , "Made an impact" , "instructed" , "Produced effect; related" , "Informed; narrated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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