What's reflected in bidet I deftly polished (6)
I believe the answer is:
edited
'polished' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'what's reflected in bidet i deftly' is the wordplay.
'what's reflected' is a reversal indicator (letters reflected back).
'in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'detide' is hidden in the letters of 'bidet i deftly'.
'detide' in reverse letter order is 'EDITED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for edited that I've seen before include "Corrected" , "Changed text" , "garbled" , "Prepared a paper" , "Changed for going out" .)