Edward supporting name adopted by present family, being sensitive (4-7)
I believe the answer is:
thin-skinned
'sensitive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'edward supporting name adopted by present family' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'edward' could be 'ned' and 'ned' is found in the answer.
'name' could be 'hi' and 'hi' is found in the answer.
'present' could be 'in' (as in a student being 'in' class) and 'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thin-skinned that I've seen before include "Easily offended" , "Irritable" , "Quick to take offence" .)