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This one completes the crossword - can anyone help please? Thanks in anticipation

dwelt?

Thanks Chris. I wondered if that could be the answer - but couldn`t (and still can`t) work out why!

Double def - spoke at length/stayed

Double meaning, past tense of Dwell

dwell
dwɛl/Submit
verb
1.
formal
live in or at a specified place.
"groups of gypsies still dwell in these caves"
synonyms: reside, live, have one's home, have one's residence, be settled, be housed, lodge, stay; More
2.
think, speak, or write at length about (a particular subject, especially one that is a source of unhappiness, anxiety, or dissatisfaction).
"I've got better things to do than dwell on the past"
synonyms: linger over, mull over, muse on, brood about, brood over, think about, spend time thinking about, be preoccupied by, be obsessed by, eat one's heart out over; More

Thank you so much to both Mamya and scorpiojo for explaining that. Much appreciated.