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Was fast listener held transfixed? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

speared

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'transfixed?' is the definition.
(spearing is a kind of transfixing)

'was fast listener held' is the wordplay.
'was fast' becomes 'sped' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'listener' becomes 'ear' (body part which hears or listens).
'held' indicates putting letters inside.
'sped' enclosing 'ear' is 'SPEARED'.

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(Another definition for speared that I've seen is " hit by javelin maybe!".)

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