Whipped Chile into shape and out of the stone age (9)
I believe the answer is:
neolithic
'the stone age' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'whipped chile into' is the wordplay.
'whipped' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chile'+'into'='chileinto'
'chileinto' anagrammed gives 'NEOLITHIC'.
'shape and out of' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for neolithic that I've seen before include "Stone-Age" , "Description of ancient people" , "Of the later part of the Stone Age" , "from Skara Brae?" , "Description of old age" .)