Answered, “El Pibe de Oro is confused after loss of damaged oboe” (7)
I believe the answer is:
replied
'answered' is the definition.
('reply' can be a synonym of 'answer')
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for replied that I've seen before include "Gave answer" , "Wrote back" , "came back" , "Responded" , "Made some response" .)