Badly damaged coach having trouble starting
I believe the answer is:
bust
'badly damaged' is the definition.
'bust' can be an answer for 'damaged'. I am not certain of the 'badly' bit.
'coach having trouble starting' is the wordplay.
'coach' becomes 'bus' (synonyms).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'starting' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'trouble' is 't'.
'bus'+'t'='BUST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bust that I've seen before include "Sculptor's piece" , "Houdon's Voltaire" , "Breast - broken" , "Broken; statue" , "reduced to rubble?" .)