Spoke to (9)
I believe the answer is:
addressed
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">spoke to</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('address' can be a synonym of 'speak to')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for addressed that I've seen before include "Sent" , "Marked mail with its destination" , "Gave a speech to" , "Spoken to" , "Dealt with" .)