Cool word describing current caretaker (7)
I believe the answer is:
interim
'caretaker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cool word describing current' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cool' could be 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable or cool) and 'in' is present in the answer.
'current' could be 'i' (symbol for electric current) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'word' could be 'term' (term is a kind of word) and 'term' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for interim that I've seen before include "Stopgap" , "Meantime; temporary" , "Meanwhile" , "An intervening period of time" , "Temporary - provisional" .)