He has a way of being given attention (5)
I believe the answer is:
heard
'given attention' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'he has a way' is the wordplay.
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'way' becomes 'rd' (short for road).
'he'+'a'+'rd'='HEARD'
'of being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heard that I've seen before include "Examined" , "Traditional children shouldn't be" , "Tried" , "Gathered" , "Received aurally" .)