A cruciverbalist residing in Split given new identity (7)
I believe the answer is:
renamed
'given new identity' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a cruciverbalist residing in split' is the wordplay.
'a cruciverbalist' becomes 'ame' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'residing in' is an insertion indicator.
'split' becomes 'rend' (rend can mean to split or tear).
'ame' going within 'rend' is 'RENAMED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for renamed that I've seen is " Meander (anag)".)