Find fault with shot when the temperature drops dramatically (5)
I believe the answer is:
scold
'find fault' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'shot when the temperature drops dramatically' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'temperature' could be 'cold' (cold is a kind of temperature) and 'cold' is located in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scold that I've seen before include "Angrily rebuke" , "Castigate" , "quarrelsome woman of old?" , "Chide - nag" , "Chide - fishwife" .)