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Surprisingly lucid, Arteta spoke coherently (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

articulated

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'spoke coherently' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'surprisingly lucid arteta' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'lucid'+'arteta'='lucidarteta'
'lucidarteta' with letters rearranged gives 'ARTICULATED'.

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(Other definitions for articulated that I've seen before include "Distinctly pronounced" , "Pronounced (words) clearly" , "suitable for express delivery primarily" , "Type of lorry" , "description of juggernaut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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