Revealed identity of bloke that's retired editor (5)
I believe the answer is:
named
'revealed identity' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'bloke that's retired editor' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'man' (informal term for a man).
'that's retired' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (retire can mean to go back).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'man' back-to-front is 'nam'.
'nam'+'ed'='NAMED'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for named that I've seen before include "Titled" , "Identified by appellation" , "Christened" , "Entitled" , "Handled" .)