Ridiculed drinks with editor (6)
I believe the answer is:
teased
'ridiculed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'drinks with editor' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'teas' (tea is a kind of drink).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'teas'+'ed'='TEASED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teased that I've seen before include "Sedate (anag.)" , "Needled in sedate way" , "Tantalized" , "Provoked, being sedate" , "Baited or bantered" .)