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The din may have provided a clue (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hinted

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'the din may have provided a clue' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'the din may have provided' is the wordplay.
'may have' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'provided' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'provides' mean this).
'the' after 'din' is 'dinthe'.
'dinthe' anagrammed gives 'HINTED'.

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(Other definitions for hinted that I've seen before include "Made an indirect suggestion" , "Gave clue" .)

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