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Travelling rep due's broken down (6)

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I believe the answer is:

pureed

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'broken down' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'travelling rep due's' is the wordplay.
'travelling' indicates an anagram.
'rep'+'due'='repdue'
'repdue' is an anagram of 'PUREED'.

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(Other definitions for pureed that I've seen before include "Pulped like fruit or veg" , "In cookery, reduced to a smooth pulp" , "Made into pulp, fruit or vegetables" , "Pulped, say fruit or vegetables" , "Liquidised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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