Inventive designer showing skill providing cooked rice (9)
I believe the answer is:
artificer
'inventive designer' is the definition.
'artificer' can be an answer for 'designer' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'inventive' bit.
'skill providing cooked rice' is the wordplay.
'skill' becomes 'art' (both can mean a talent).
'providing' becomes 'if' (eg 'providing it's sunny' means 'if it's sunny').
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'rice' anagrammed gives 'icer'.
'art'+'if'+'icer'='ARTIFICER'
'showing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for artificer that I've seen before include "Skilled craftsman" , "Mechanic in the armed forces" , "Military mechanic" , "Skilled worker" , "Skilled mechanic" .)