Like kitchen ready to be crushed (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
stove in
'crushed' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'like kitchen ready to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'to' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for stove in that I've seen is " Broke".)