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Squeezed wife and spoke (5)

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I believe the answer is:

wrung

'squeezed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'wife and spoke' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'spoke' becomes 'rung' (synonyms).
'w'+'rung'='WRUNG'

(Other definitions for wrung that I've seen before include "Squeezed and twisted" , "Coerced" , "Twisted and compressed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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