Impersonated dopes, oddly (5)
I believe the answer is:
posed
'impersonated' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'dopes oddly' is the wordplay.
'oddly' is an anagram indicator.
'dopes' with letters rearranged gives 'POSED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for posed that I've seen before include "Struck attitude - sat for painter" , "Positioned" , "Struck attitude, perhaps for painter" , "Sat (for artist)" , "Arranged for pictorial purposes" .)