Ready for the cobbler (5)
I believe the answer is:
cored
'ready for the cobbler' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cored that I've seen before include "disheartened" , "Removed heart of (apple)" , "dispensed with the centre" , "Removed centre from apple for dicor" , "having something at heart" .)