Let out, the Italian dined by day, provided with fresh air (10)

I believe the answer is:

ventilated

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'provided with fresh air' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'let out the italian dined by day' is the wordplay.
'let out' becomes 'vent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'the italian' becomes 'il' ('the' in Italian).
'dined' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this in another clue).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'day' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for day).
'vent'+'il'+'ate'+'d'='VENTILATED'

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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