Whew! Crashing into small boat when cock-eyed! (4-5)
I believe the answer is:
skew-whiff
'cock-eyed' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'whew crashing into small boat' is the wordplay.
'crashing' is an anagram indicator.
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'small boat' becomes 'skiff' (skiff is a kind of small boat).
'whew' is an anagram of 'ewwh'.
'ewwh' put within 'skiff' is 'SKEW-WHIFF'.
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skew-whiff that I've seen before include "Not straight" , "Crooked - out of alignment" , "Awry" , "Cockeyed" .)