Given new string, or put on tape (8)
I believe the answer is:
recorded
'given new string' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'put on tape' is the wordplay.
'put' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tape' becomes 'record' (synonyms).
'ed' after 'record' is 'RECORDED'.
'or' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recorded that I've seen before include "reported?" , "Taped" , "Entered or registered" , "Registered, on paper, tape etc." , "Registered electronically" .)