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The first person married made a catty noise (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mewed

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'made a catty noise' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'the first person married' is the wordplay.
'the first person' becomes 'me' (first-person pronoun).
'married' becomes 'wed' (similar in meaning).
'me'+'wed'='MEWED'

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(Other definitions for mewed that I've seen before include "made catty remark" , "Made cat noise" , "confined" , "cried pitifully" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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