Misplaced aggression having lost ship from US state (8)
I believe the answer is:
georgian
'us state' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'misplaced aggression having lost ship' is the wordplay.
'misplaced' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong places).
'having lost' is a deletion indicator.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'aggression' with 'ss' taken away is 'aggreion'.
'aggreion' is an anagram of 'GEORGIAN'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for georgian that I've seen before include "Early 19th-century style" , "Relating to 1714 to 1830 period" , "18th-century style of architecture" , "Former Soviet" , "Characteristic of Stalin" .)