Awry like avocado? (4-6)
I believe the answer is:
pear-shaped
'awry' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'avocado?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'avocado?' could be 'pear' (I've seen this before) and 'pear' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'shaped' 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).
'like' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pear-shaped that I've seen before include "(Go) horribly wrong; like three Satie pieces" , "With hips very wide compared to the upper body" , "Fat at one end and thin at the other - all wrong!" , "Bottom-heavy: (gone) wrong" .)