Get lost in Iraq? The setter's vessel has power cut (5)
I believe the answer is:
imshi
'get lost in iraq?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'setter's vessel has power cut' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'setter's' could be 'im' (referring to the person who set the crossword) and 'im' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'shi' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for imshi that I've seen before include "leave" , "Go away" , "Depart for Arabia" .)