Trimmed distorted beetroot, fixed for cooking (8)
I believe the answer is:
skewered
'fixed for cooking' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'trimmed distorted beetroot' is the wordplay.
'trimmed' means to remove the last letter (the final letter is trimmed off).
'distorted' becomes 'skewed' (I've seen this before).
'beetroot' becomes 'red'.
'skewed' with its last letter taken away is 'skewe'.
'skewe'+'red'='SKEWERED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skewered that I've seen before include "Red's week (anag)" , "Spiked" , "Pierced with metal pin" , "Pierced through with meat pin" , "got ready for barbecue?" .)