Drew a likeness to drapery that's removed (9)
I believe the answer is:
portrayed
'drew a likeness' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'to drapery that's removed' is the wordplay.
'that's removed' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters must be move again or be re-moved).
'to'+'drapery'='todrapery'
'todrapery' with letters rearranged gives 'PORTRAYED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for portrayed that I've seen before include "Described" , "delineated" , "Depicted in predatory way" , "Showed" , "Provided picture" .)