Anxious about argument and crying head off (8)
I believe the answer is:
worrying
'anxious' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'about argument and crying head off' is the wordplay.
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'argument' becomes 'row' (to row is to argue).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'head off' means to remove the first letter (the first letter or 'head' is removed).
'row' written backwards gives 'wor'.
'crying' with its first letter taken away is 'rying'.
'wor'+'rying'='WORRYING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for worrying that I've seen before include "Fretting, anxious" , "Troublesome" , "Cause for concern" , "Causing anxiety, disturbing" , "Concerning" .)