Quickly downed five in Le Café, we hear (4)
I believe the answer is:
sank
'quickly downed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sank that I've seen before include "Fell to the bottom" , "(Of ship) went down" , "Scuttled" , "Foundered" , "Subsided" .)