Said to be named again in divorce proceedings (7)
I believe the answer is:
recited
'said' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'named again in divorce proceedings' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'named' could be 'cited' ('cite' can be a synonym of 'name') and 'cited' is present in the answer.
'again' could be 're' (prefix meaning 'again') and 're' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recited that I've seen before include "Repeated aloud from memory" , "read allowed" .)