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Saint pledged and produced (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spawned

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'produced' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'saint pledged and' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'saint' could be 's' and 's' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pawed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for spawned that I've seen is " Engendered".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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