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A band put in terrible danger made a complaint (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

groaned

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'made a complaint' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'a band put in terrible danger' is the wordplay.
'a band' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'danger' is an anagram of 'graned'.
'o' going into 'graned' is 'GROANED'.

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(Other definitions for groaned that I've seen before include "Indicate pain" , "Indicated pain, discomfort, or displeasure" , "Made despairing sound" , "Sighed in exasperation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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