Announced questions in the old manner (4)
I believe the answer is:
wise
'old manner' is the definition.
'wise' can be an answer for 'manner' (wise is a kind of manner). I am not sure about the 'old' bit.
'announced questions' is the wordplay.
'announced' shows a homophone (sound like).
'questions' becomes 'whys'.
'whys' is a homophone of 'WISE'.
'in the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wise that I've seen before include "Judicious" , "Old and knowledgable" , "` `A word to the .... is enough' '" , "Having good judgment or common sense" , "Learned, sage" .)