Sent communication to a good journalist after muddle (8)
I believe the answer is:
messaged
'sent communication' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.
'a good journalist after muddle' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'muddle' becomes 'mess' (synonyms).
'a'+'g'+'ed'='aged'
'aged' put after 'mess' is 'MESSAGED'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for messaged that I've seen before include "communicated" , "Contacted" .)