The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GUESSED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result GUESSED
- Assumed visitor is to be announced
- Thought caller might be talking
- . Fancied lodger, we hear
- On the radio, visitor conjectured
- Assumed one’s invited for speech
- Fancied hotel client in audition
- Fancied one invited to the party, we hear
- Fancied lodger? Sounds like it
- Person joining party, we hear, indulged in speculation
- Fancied one at the party, we hear
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What does GUESSED mean?
GUESSED verb- To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- To suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- To hit upon or reproduce by memory.