Delivered without lid, sadly, because of the way they swerved around (6)
I believe the answer is:
veered
'the way they swerved around' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'delivered without lid sadly' is the wordplay.
'without' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'delivered' with 'lid' taken away is 'evered'.
'evered' with letters rearranged gives 'VEERED'.
'because of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for veered that I've seen before include "Tacked suddenly" , "Changed direction or course, as wind may" , "once let out at sea" , "Changed direction abruptly" , "Took evasive action" .)