Talked at location to journalist (9)
I believe the answer is:
addressed
'talked' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'location to journalist' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'location' could be 'address' (address is a kind of location) and 'address' is found in the answer.
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for addressed that I've seen before include "Marked mail with its destination" , "Sent" , "Gave a speech to" , "Attended to" , "Dealt with" .)