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Went round the world, as stated on Tuesday (7)

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I believe the answer is:

twirled

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'stated on tuesday' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'went round the world' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'went' could be 'led' (leading is a kind of going) and 'led' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for twirled that I've seen before include "Spun around" , "Spun round lightly" , "Twisted around" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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