Nurses getting to grips with answer to crossword clue before journalist's aware (11)
I believe the answer is:
enlightened
'aware' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'nurses getting to grips with answer to crossword clue before journalist's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'clue' could be 'light' and 'light' is present in the answer.
'nurses' could be 'enen' (two abbreviations for Enrolled Nurse) and 'enen' is found in the leftover letters.
'before' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enlightened that I've seen before include "Having spiritual insight" , "Rational, tolerant" .)