Rests, said to be a bit lazy (4)
I believe the answer is:
lays
'rests' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'said to be a bit lazy' is the wordplay.
'said' becomes 'ays' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'be a bit' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'a bit of' mean this).
The first letter of 'lazy' is 'l'.
'ays' after 'l' is 'LAYS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lays that I've seen before include "Arranges" , "literary works?" , "Puts down - narrative poetry" , "Puts down the old ballads" , "Minstrel's melodies" .)