Purchased about the middle of April and delivered (7)

I believe the answer is:

brought

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'delivered' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'purchased about the middle of april' is the wordplay.
'purchased' becomes 'bought' ('buy' can be a synonym of 'purchase').
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'the middle of' indicates the central letters.
The centre of 'april' is 'r'.
'bought' going around 'r' is 'BROUGHT'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brought that I've seen before include "Fetched" , "Caused" , "Took with oneself" , "Carried (to a place)" , "Contributed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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