Soft toy accidentally dyed with turmeric, head first (5)
I believe the answer is:
teddy
'soft toy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'accidentally dyed with turmeric head first' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'dyed' is 'eddy' which is located in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teddy that I've seen before include "A child's toy bear" , "Cuddly toy" , "Type of bear" , "plaything" , "Bear - boy" .)