Became friendly in the spring? (6)
I believe the answer is:
thawed
'became friendly in' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'the spring?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hawed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thawed that I've seen before include "Melted like spring snow" , "Melted like snow or ice" , "Unfroze, melted" .)