Severely criticised cadets’ gait when marching around (10)
I believe the answer is:
castigated
'severely criticised' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'cadets' gait when marching around' is the wordplay.
'cadets' gait' anagrams to 'CASTIGATED'.
But, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for castigated that I've seen before include "Scolded" , "Chastised" , "reprimanded" .)