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Playful kids here made a loud noise (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shrieked

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'made a loud noise' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'playful kids here' is the wordplay.
'playful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'kids'+'here'='kidshere'
'kidshere' with letters rearranged gives 'SHRIEKED'.

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(Another definition for shrieked that I've seen is " Uttered a shrill scream".)

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