Like Private Eye, demolishing racialist (9)
I believe the answer is:
satirical
'like private' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'eye demolishing racialist' is the wordplay.
'racialist' can be anagrammed to 'SATIRICAL'.
But, I am not clear how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for satirical that I've seen before include "Ironic - sarcastic" , "Humorously critical" , "Exposing human folly to ridicule" , "Poking fun at" , "scornful" .)