Secure ships to deliver grooming equipment (4,8)
I believe the answer is:
nail clippers
'deliver grooming equipment' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'secure ships' is the wordplay.
'secure' becomes 'nail' (both can mean to apprehend or capture).
'ships' becomes 'clippers' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nail'+'clippers'='NAIL CLIPPERS'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for nail clippers that I've seen is " digital processors".)