Escapes with king in meadows (5)
I believe the answer is:
leaks
'escapes' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'king in meadows' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'k' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'meadows' becomes 'leas' (lea can mean a meadow or field).
'k' placed into 'leas' is 'LEAKS'.
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leaks that I've seen before include "Unauthorised disclosures of information" , "Cracks oozing liquids or unauthorised disclosures" .)