Puts down two vessels, worried over breakages ultimately (10)
I believe the answer is:
subjugates
'puts down' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I don't see how one could define the other.
'two vessels worried over breakages ultimately' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'worried' could be 'ate' (something worrying may eat someone up) and 'ate' is found within the answer.
'vessels' could be 'jugs' (jug is a kind of vessel) and 'jugs' is present in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'sub' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?