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Worked beside well (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

took

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'worked' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'beside well' is the wordplay.
'beside' becomes 'to' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'well' becomes 'O.K.' (synonyms).
'to'+'ok'='TOOK'

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(Other definitions for took that I've seen before include "Received - stole" , "removed from chessboard" , "Laid hold of" , "Went through" , "Purloined" .)

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