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Transported cases fully made (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

totalled

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'made' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'transported cases fully' is the wordplay.
'transported' becomes 'toted' (toting is a kind of transporting).
'cases' means one lot of letters goes inside another (forms a case around).
'fully' becomes 'all' (I've seen this in another clue).
'toted' placed around 'all' is 'TOTALLED'.

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(Other definitions for totalled that I've seen before include "Summed" , "completely destroyed" , "Determined the sum of" , "Added together" , "blown away" .)

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