A ship wrecked in beastly style (5)
I believe the answer is:
apish
'a ship wrecked in beastly style' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'a ship wrecked' is the wordplay.
'wrecked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ship' anagrammed gives 'pish'.
'a'+'pish'='APISH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apish that I've seen before include "Foppish" , "Silly" , "Foolish; simian" , "Foolish; like a monkey" , "Stupid" .)