Initially, bid’s rejected — is estate agent told? (7)
I believe the answer is:
briefed
'told?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'initially bid's rejected is estate agent' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'agent' becomes 'fed' (fed is a kind of agent).
The first letters of 'bids rejected is estate' is 'brie'.
'brie'+'fed'='BRIEFED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for briefed that I've seen before include "Prepared" , "Instructed in advance" , "Advised or instructed, like barrister" , "Informed of the facts" .)