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Spoke digressively of an animal that suffered (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rambled

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'spoke digressively' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'an animal that suffered' is the wordplay.
'an animal' becomes 'ram' (male sheep).
'that suffered' becomes 'bled' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ram'+'bled'='RAMBLED'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rambled that I've seen before include "Walked about aimlessly" , "Meandered, wandered about" , "Moved about aimlessly" , "Wandered about, walking or talking" , "didn't walk straight" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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