Distresses Parisians with no airs (5)
I believe the answer is:
pains
'distresses parisians with no airs' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'distresses parisians with no airs' is the wordplay.
'distresses' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'distress' mean this).
'with no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'parisians' with 'airs' taken out is 'pians'.
'pians' with letters rearranged gives 'PAINS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pains that I've seen before include "Aches" , "Unpleasant feelings" , "Labour" , "Symptoms of hurt or disease" , "Great care taken" .)