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What may be said about me is only insinuated (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wormed

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'insinuated' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'what may be said about me is only' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'me' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'word' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for wormed that I've seen is " Moved by crawling or wriggling".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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