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Went round to chomp on gold and diamonds (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orbited

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'went round' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'chomp on gold and diamonds' is the wordplay.
'chomp' becomes 'bite' (synonyms).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'diamonds' becomes 'd' (abbreviation in card games).
'bite' after 'or' is 'orbite'.
'orbite'+'d'='ORBITED'

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for orbited that I've seen before include "Went round - to bride (anag)" , "Travelled on circular path like satellite" , "Moved like curved path of planet" , "made revolution" , "Circled around like earth to sun" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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