Accepts a little money for mugs (6)
I believe the answer is:
passes
'accepts' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a little money for mugs' is the wordplay.
'a little money' becomes 'p' (pence).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'mugs' becomes 'asses' (I've seen this in other clues).
'p'+'asses'='PASSES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for passes that I've seen before include "'Men seldom make . . . at girls who wear glasses'" , "Written permissions for absences" , "Time always does it" , "Achieves the required standard in a test" , "Routes through mountains" .)