About the end of the battle, the mob shouted triumphantly (6)
I believe the answer is:
crowed
'shouted triumphantly' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'about the end of the battle the mob' is the wordplay.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'the end of the' says to take the final letters.
'the mob' becomes 'crowd' (I've seen this before).
The final letter of 'battle' is 'e'.
'e' placed into 'crowd' is 'CROWED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crowed that I've seen before include "Boasted" , "was triumphant" .)