Equip vessel that gets swallowed by shark? (7)
I believe the answer is:
furnish
'equip' is the definition.
(I know that equip is a kind of furnish)
'vessel that gets swallowed by shark?' is the wordplay.
'vessel' becomes 'urn' (urn is a type of container).
'that gets' becomes 'is' (I've seen this in other clues).
'swallowed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'by shark?' becomes 'fh' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'urn'+'is'='urnis'
'urnis' placed inside 'fh' is 'FURNISH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for furnish that I've seen before include "Equip" , "Fit out with chairs etc." , "Provide, supply" , "Supply with table and chairs etc" , "pianist's partner" .)