Cut up hake woman gutted (4)
I believe the answer is:
hewn
'cut' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'up hake woman gutted' is the wordplay.
'up hake' becomes 'he' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gutted' suggests removing the centre (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'woman' with its centre removed is 'wn'.
'he'+'wn'='HEWN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hewn that I've seen before include "Cut with blows" , "Felled" , "Chopped roughly" , "Hacked" , "Cut with an axe or chisel" .)