Observed with two bridge players – like a piper? (6)
I believe the answer is:
espied
'observed with two bridge players' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with perception as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'aeur like a piper?' is the wordplay.
'aeur' becomes 'es' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'like a piper?' becomes 'pied' (I've seen this in another clue).
'es'+'pied'='ESPIED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for espied that I've seen before include "Glimpsed" , "Caught sight of (poetic)" , "Saw (archaic)" , "Caught sight of (archaic)" , "observed in literature" .)