Show Edward to be sent down (7)
I believe the answer is:
demoted
'sent down' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'show edward' is the wordplay.
'show' becomes 'demo' (I've seen this before).
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'demo'+'ted'='DEMOTED'
'to be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for demoted that I've seen before include "Slippery fish" , "Reduced in rank" , "Put down in rank" , "Downgraded" , "Relegated" .)