Carved out, second copper left, put off by socialist (10)
I believe the answer is:
sculptured
'carved' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'second copper left put off by socialist' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'copper' becomes 'cu' (chemical symbol).
'left' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'put off by' becomes 'utpl' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'socialist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a socialist).
'utpl' in reverse letter order is 'lptu'.
's'+'cu'+'lptu'+'red'='SCULPTURED'
'out' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sculptured that I've seen before include "Cast" , "Carved" .)