Anyway, Ed’s holding the platter but has wandered off (7)
I believe the answer is:
strayed
'wandered off' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'anyway ed's holding the platter' is the wordplay.
'anyway' indicates anagramming the letters.
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'the platter' becomes 'tray' (I've seen this in another clue).
'eds' with letters rearranged gives 'sed'.
'sed' placed around 'tray' is 'STRAYED'.
'but has' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for strayed that I've seen before include "Wandered (from path)" , "Wandered; digressed" , "Went off course" , "Dry seat (anag) - got lost" , "Erred, wandered" .)