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Caught part of ladder becoming twisted (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrung

'twisted' is the definition.
(wringing is a kind of twisting)

'caught part of ladder' is the wordplay.
'caught' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (to catch something can mean to hear it).
'part of ladder' becomes 'rung' ('rung' is part of 'ladder').
'rung' sounds like 'WRUNG'.

'becoming' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for wrung that I've seen before include "Squeezed and twisted" , "Coerced" , "Twisted and compressed" .)

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