Directions you want to be fairly up-to-date (6)
I believe the answer is:
newish
'up-to-date' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'directions you want to be fairly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'directions' could be 'ne' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ne' is found within the answer.
'want' could be 'wish' (wishing is a kind of wanting) and 'wish' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for newish that I've seen before include "Rather recent" , "hip, to some extent" , "having not long been born" , "Quite modern" , "Fairly fresh" .)