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Interviewed - short indeed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debriefed

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'interviewed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'short indeed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'short' could be 'brief' (similar in meaning) and 'brief' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for debriefed that I've seen before include "Gathered info on return from a mission, from a soldier say" , "Questioned after completing a mission" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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