Girl with skin like alobaster? (8)
I believe the answer is:
misspelt
'alobaster?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'girl with skin' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'miss' (term of address for an unmarried woman).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'skin' becomes 'pelt' (an animal's skin).
'miss'+'pelt'='MISSPELT'
'like' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misspelt that I've seen before include "Ecstacy,say" , "Put letters down quite wrongly" , "having put letters in wrong order" , "like velvit?" , "literal?" .)