Brassed off retired man made noise like pig crossing lake (11)
I believe the answer is:
disgruntled
'crossing lake' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'brassed off retired man made noise like pig' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'retired' could be 'r' (abbreviation) and 'r' is found within the answer.
'man' could be 'gun' and 'gun' is found within the remaining letters.
'made' could be 'led' (leading is a kind of making) and 'led' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disgruntled that I've seen before include "Sulking" , "Unhappy" , "Angry or dissatisfied" , "Sulky" , "Cheesed off" .)