Somehow gets ad played (6)
I believe the answer is:
staged
'played' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'somehow gets ad' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'gets'+'ad'='getsad'
'getsad' with letters rearranged gives 'STAGED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for staged that I've seen before include "Of a play, brought about" , "In tiers" , "Put on (as show)" , "Performed or produced play" , "Presented a play" .)