Gave way and slept after bender (7)
I believe the answer is:
snapped
'gave way' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'slept after bender' is the wordplay.
'slept' becomes 'napped' (napping is a kind of sleeping).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bender' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'napped' put after 's' is 'SNAPPED'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snapped that I've seen before include "Spoke angrily" , "Took photograph" , "Broke suddenly" , "Broke; photographed" , "lost temper" .)