Cooks punish wag for doing the dishes (7,2)
I believe the answer is:
washing up
'doing the dishes' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'cooks punish wag' is the wordplay.
'cooks' indicates an anagram.
'punish'+'wag'='punishwag'
'punishwag' anagrammed gives 'WASHING-UP'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for washing up that I've seen before include "getting wet clothes on the rack?" , "A job in the kitchen" , "post-prandial chore" , "Domestic chore" .)