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Showed amusement when badly misled (6)

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I believe the answer is:

smiled

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'showed amusement' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'badly misled' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'misled' with letters rearranged gives 'SMILED'.

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for smiled that I've seen before include "drank whisky" , "Assumed facial expression indicating pleasure" , "Beamed" , "Looked happy" , "Showed pleasure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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