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Thought to have been regarded as (10)

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I believe the answer is:

considered

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'regarded as' is the definition.
'considered' can be an answer for 'regarded' ('consider' can be a synonym of 'regard'). I'm not sure about the 'as' bit.

'thought to have been' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'thought' could be 'side' (side is a kind of thought) and 'side' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for considered that I've seen before include "respected" , "Deliberated" , "Believed to be" , "Looked at" , "Thought carefully about" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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