Fantastic cook kept in headquarters - place to show titles? (8)
I believe the answer is:
bookcase
'place to show titles?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'fantastic cook kept in headquarters' is the wordplay.
'fantastic' is an anagram indicator.
'kept in' is an insertion indicator.
'headquarters' becomes 'base' (I've seen this before).
'cook' is an anagram of 'ookc'.
'ookc' going within 'base' is 'BOOKCASE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bookcase that I've seen before include "Library cabinet" , "Library furniture" , "Reading matter cabinet" , "written works here" , "It will be shelved" .)