Perforated kitchen utensil without lid finally exploded (7)
I believe the answer is:
riddled
'exploded' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for riddled that I've seen before include "screened" , "Spread throughout" , "didn't talk plainly" , "spoken obscurely" , "Pierced with many holes as by tommygun" .)