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Went under cask with editor, following a woman (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tunnelled

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

'cask with editor following a woman' is the wordplay.
'cask' becomes 'tun' (tun is a kind of cask).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a woman' becomes 'nell' ().
'ed' put after 'nell' is 'nelled'.
'tun' put next to 'nelled' is 'TUNNELLED'.

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(Other definitions for tunnelled that I've seen before include "boring" , "Dug underground passage" , "Burrowed" .)

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