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Brought missing top and scored (6)

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I believe the answer is:

etched

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'scored' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'brought missing top' is the wordplay.
'brought' becomes 'fetched' ('fetch' can be a synonym of 'bring').
'missing top' means to remove the first letter.
'fetched' with its first letter taken away is 'ETCHED'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for etched that I've seen before include "Carved on metal with acid" , "Incised" , "Engraved, eg, by acid" , "made some kind of score" , "Cut or impressed into a surface" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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