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Wound oozed after shove (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rambled

'wound' is the definition.
(rambled or wound around)

'oozed after shove' is the wordplay.
'oozed' becomes 'bled' (I've seen this in another clue).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'shove' becomes 'ram'.
'bled' put after 'ram' is 'RAMBLED'.

(Other definitions for rambled that I've seen before include "Moved about aimlessly" , "Meandered, wandered about" , "Walked about aimlessly" , "Wandered about, roamed" , "Wandered about, walking or talking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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