Ship's name spoilt by being cooked (9)
I believe the answer is:
misshapen
'being cooked' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'ship's name spoilt' is the wordplay.
'spoilt' indicates an anagram.
'ships'+'name'='shipsname'
'shipsname' anagrammed gives 'MISSHAPEN'.
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misshapen that I've seen before include "Deformed" , "Unnaturally formed" , "Badly designed" , "showing bad form" , "Badly formed" .)