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Went round rubbish deposited by an old rocker (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rotated

'went round' is the definition.
(to rotate is to go round and round)

'rubbish deposited by an old rocker' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (both can mean nonsense).
'deposited by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'old rocker' becomes 'ted'.
'rot'+'a'+'ted'='ROTATED'

(Other definitions for rotated that I've seen before include "Turned in a circle around an axis" , "Turned around axis or central point" , "Had spin" , "Spun" , "Turner did?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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