Carpeted a bare, rickety shack (9)
I believe the answer is:
earbashed
'carpeted' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a bare rickety shack' is the wordplay.
'rickety' indicates an anagram.
'shack' becomes 'shed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'a'+'bare'='abare'
'abare' is an anagram of 'earba'.
'earba'+'shed'='EARBASHED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for earbashed that I've seen is " Did nag".)