Vessel of soup said to have a large ingredient (5)
I believe the answer is:
sloop
'vessel' is the definition.
(sloop is a kind of vessel)
'of soup said to have a large ingredient' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sop' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sloop that I've seen before include "Type of sailing boat" , "Sailing vessel with one mast" , "Single-masted sailing boat" , "Vessel with a single mast" , "one going to sea" .)