Around November, fragments of bud come as a shock? (8)
I believe the answer is:
uncombed
'as a shock?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'around november fragments of bud come' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'fragments of' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'fragments' mean this).
'bud'+'come'='budcome'
'budcome' with letters rearranged gives 'ucombed'.
'n' going into 'ucombed' is 'UNCOMBED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for uncombed that I've seen before include "Appearing scruffy perhaps" , "Describes matted hair" , "not subject to search" .)