Ted has arranged departures (6)
I believe the answer is:
deaths
'departures' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'ted has arranged' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator.
'ted'+'has'='tedhas'
'tedhas' with letters rearranged gives 'DEATHS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deaths that I've seen before include "Fatalities" , "Passings" , "Ends, demises" .)