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Sid, upset about someone being given out (6)

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I believe the answer is:

issued

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'given out' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'sid upset about someone' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'someone' becomes 'sue' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sid' anagrammed gives 'isd'.
'isd' going around 'sue' is 'ISSUED'.

'being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for issued that I've seen before include "Put out (a publication)" , "Distributed - came forth" , "released" , "Turned out" , "Circulated, a statement perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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