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Wedding invitee loudly indulged in speculation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

guessed

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'wedding invitee loudly indulged' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'speculation' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'speculation' could be 'guess' (synonyms) and 'guess' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for guessed that I've seen before include "Estimated correctly" , "Hazarded, estimated" , "perhaps got in one" , "Estimated, reckoned" , "Made estimate or hazarded opinion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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