Fugitive girl receives warning, the first of two (9)
I believe the answer is:
momentary
'first of two' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'fugitive girl receives warning the' is the wordplay.
'fugitive girl' becomes 'mary' (girl's name. I am not sure about the 'fugitive' bit.).
'receives' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are received).
'warning' becomes 'omen' (I've seen this in other clues).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'omen'+'t'='oment'
'mary' placed around 'oment' is 'MOMENTARY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for momentary that I've seen before include "Short-lived" , "Brief" , "Lasting only a short time" , "Fleeting" .)