Doubted that French wine’s found around India (7)
I believe the answer is:
queried
'doubted' 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?
'that french wine's found around india' is the wordplay.
'that french' becomes 'que' (French for 'that').
'wine' becomes 'red wine' (red is a type of wine).
'found around' indicates putting letters inside.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'red' enclosing 'i' is 'ried'.
'que'+'ried'='QUERIED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for queried that I've seen before include "Expressed doubt about" , "Questioned" , "Marked with "?"" .)