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Two men blew (6)

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I believe the answer is:

gusted

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'blew' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'two men' is the wordplay.
'two men' means two substitutions for 'man'.
'man' becomes 'gus' ().
'man' becomes 'ted' (Ted is a man's name).
'gus'+'ted'='GUSTED'

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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