Fear woodshed has been rebuilt as previously suggested (12)
I believe the answer is:
foreshadowed
'previously suggested' 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 an association between them that I don't see?
'fear woodshed has been rebuilt' is the wordplay.
'fear woodshed' anagrams to 'FORESHADOWED'.
However, I am unsure how this is indicated.
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for foreshadowed that I've seen is " Presaged".)