Stabbed visitor by the sound of it (7)
I believe the answer is:
guessed
'stabbed' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'visitor by the sound of it' is the wordplay.
'visitor' becomes 'guest' (guest is a kind of visitor).
'by the sound of it' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'guest' sounds like 'GUESSED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for guessed that I've seen before include "took a shot" , "Surmised" , "Assumed" , "Hazarded, estimated" , "perhaps got in one" .)