Five out of seven get interviewed (4)
I believe the answer is:
seen
'interviewed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'five out of seven' is the wordplay.
'five' becomes 'V' (roman numeral).
'out of' is a deletion indicator.
'seven' with 'v' taken away is 'SEEN'.
'get' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seen that I've seen before include "Distinguished" , "Sighted" , "Espied" , "Met - understood" , "Witnessed" .)