The baseman gave a beastly cry! (5)
I believe the answer is:
lowed
'gave a beastly cry' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lowed that I've seen before include "How Jersey communicated" , "Mooed" , "made noises like farm animals" .)