Controlled ship, stuffed initially with preserved fish (9)
I believe the answer is:
skippered
'controlled ship' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'stuffed initially with preserved fish' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fish' could be 'skipper' (I've seen this before) and 'skipper' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skippered that I've seen before include "acted as captain" , "Had leading role" , "as whole team needs to be?" , "Led" .)