Ridiculed artist almost dies at sea (9)
I believe the answer is:
satirised
'ridiculed artist almost dies at sea' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'artist almost dies at sea' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'at sea' is an anagram indicator.
'artist' with its last letter removed is 'artis'.
'artis'+'dies'='artisdies'
'artisdies' is an anagram of 'SATIRISED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for satirised that I've seen before include "Held up to ridicule" , "Lampooned" .)