Scorcese’s gutted with prize for direction of The Deep (7)
I believe the answer is:
seaward
'direction of the deep' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'scorcese's gutted with prize' is the wordplay.
'gutted' suggests removing the centre (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'prize' becomes 'award' (synonyms).
'scorcese' with its middle removed is 'se'.
'se'+'award'='SEAWARD'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seaward that I've seen before include "Like sailor going out" , "Towards the ocean" , "heading for coast?" .)