Smiled wryly when tricked (6)
I believe the answer is:
misled
'tricked' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'smiled wryly' is the wordplay.
'wryly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'smiled' with letters rearranged gives 'MISLED'.
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misled that I've seen before include "Cause someone to go in the wrong direction" , "Made someone take a wrong course of action" , "was given wrong advice" , "Smiled (anag)" , "Sent down the wrong road" .)