Negative critique of creative work regarding skilled worker (9)
I believe the answer is:
artisanal
'negative critique of creative work' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.
'regarding skilled worker' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'worker' could be 'artisan' (someone skilled in a particular craft) and 'artisan' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'al' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for artisanal that I've seen is " like a skilled worker".)