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Jeered at and shied away, taking a second (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hissed

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'jeered at' 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 a link between them that I don't see?

'shied away taking a second' is the wordplay.
'away' indicates an anagram (letters move away from their original places).
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'a second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'shied' with letters rearranged gives 'hised'.
'hised' going around 's' is 'HISSED'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hissed that I've seen before include "Showed contempt" , "Made sibilant sound to express disapproval" , "Derided" , "Barracked" , "Made sibilant sound like snake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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