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Like the biography of the man who played snooker? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

potted

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'played snooker?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
I also know that 'snooker' relates to this answer.

'like the biography of the man' is the wordplay.
'like the biography' becomes 'p' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'man' becomes 'Ted' (Ted is a man's name).
'p'+'o'+'t'+'ted'='POTTED'

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for potted that I've seen before include "Sank (a snooker ball)" , "Condensed or summarised, like plant in container" , "Summarized or abridged" , "Abridged, or planted in small container" , "Abridged, like TD poet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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