Kicked Edward with a loud cry (6)
I believe the answer is:
booted
'kicked' is the definition.
(booting is a kind of kicking)
'edward with a loud cry' is the wordplay.
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a loud cry' becomes 'boo' (I have seen 'Cry of contempt ' mean 'boo' so perhaps 'cry' could also mean 'boo'. I am not sure about the 'loud' bit.).
'ted' after 'boo' is 'BOOTED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for booted that I've seen before include "Kicked" , "wearing beetle-crushers" .)