Cologne is this loud with student festivity and shouting? (8)
I believe the answer is:
fragrant
'cologne is' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'loud with student festivity and shouting?' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'student festivity' becomes 'rag' (student charity event).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'shouting?' becomes 'rant'.
'f'+'rag'+'rant'='FRAGRANT'
'this' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fragrant that I've seen before include "Pleasantly smelling" , "Sweet scented" , "Sweet-scented" , "Sweet smelling" , "Aromatic" .)