Edward supporting name adopted by present family, being sensitive (4-7)
I believe the answer is:
thin-skinned
'sensitive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'edward supporting name adopted by present family' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'edward' could be 'ned' and 'ned' is located in the answer.
'name' could be 'hi' and 'hi' is located in the answer.
'present' could be 'in' (as in a student being 'in' class) and 'in' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thin-skinned that I've seen before include "Easily offended" , "Irritable" , "Quick to take offence" .)