Tackled editor following program on fish (10)
I believe the answer is:
approached
'tackled' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'editor following program on fish' is the wordplay.
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'program' becomes 'app' (type of computer program).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fish' becomes 'roach' (roach is a type of fish).
'app'+'roach'='approach'
'ed' put after 'approach' is 'APPROACHED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for approached that I've seen before include "Drew near" , "came closer" .)