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Played the fool with the lb100 possessed (7)

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I believe the answer is:

clowned

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

'with the lb100 possessed' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the lbc00' becomes 'cl' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'possessed' becomes 'owned' ('own' can be a synonym of 'possess').
'cl' put next to 'owned' is 'CLOWNED'.

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(Another definition for clowned that I've seen is " Acted the buffoon".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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