Evasiveness of county youth leader on headland (7)
I believe the answer is:
coyness
'evasiveness' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'county youth leader on headland' is the wordplay.
'county' becomes 'co'.
'youth leader' becomes 'y' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'headland' becomes 'ness' (I've seen this before).
'co'+'y'+'ness'='COYNESS'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coyness that I've seen before include "Affected modesty" , "Pretended modesty" , "evasive quality" , "Arch reticence" , "Demureness" .)