Cooked in socially acceptable way (4)
I believe the answer is:
done
'cooked' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'socially acceptable way' is the wordplay.
'socially' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'acceptable' becomes 'on' (as opposed to not on, unacceptable).
'way' becomes 'e' (Compass direction - East).
'd'+'on'+'e'='DONE'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for done that I've seen before include "Cooked; carried out" , "Artist's workroom" , "agreed" , "Finished or ended" , "This sort of thing is socially acceptable" .)