Most stingy given attention in cosy home (7)
I believe the answer is:
nearest
'most stingy' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are superlative adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'attention in cosy home' is the wordplay.
'attention' becomes 'ear' (ear is a kind of attention).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'cosy home' becomes 'nest'.
'ear' inserted inside 'nest' is 'NEAREST'.
'given' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nearest that I've seen before include "Eastern (anag)" , "touching?" , "Rat seen (anag.)" , "most like Scrooge at first" , "Closest to hand" .)