Tom met CID and was remanded (9)
I believe the answer is:
committed
'remanded' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'tom met cid and' is the wordplay.
'tom met cid' can be anagrammed to 'COMMITTED'.
However, I'm unsure how the anagram is indicated.
'was' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for committed that I've seen before include "put away" , "Carried out" , "Performed an act" , "Dedicated" , "Bound or obligated" .)