Interviewed - short indeed (9)
I believe the answer is:
debriefed
'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" .)