Frizzled the French way (5)
I believe the answer is:
fried
'frizzled' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'french way' is the wordplay.
'french' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation).
'way' becomes 'ied' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fr'+'ied'='FRIED'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fried that I've seen before include "Cooked in oil/fat" , "Such as cooking chips" , "Cooked in fat" , "Cooked on a hot surface" , "Sauteed" .)