Popular story about tree taking one on (11)
I believe the answer is:
fashionable
'popular' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'story about tree taking one on' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is present in the answer.
'tree' could be 'ash' (ash is a kind of tree) and 'ash' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'story' could be 'fable' (fable is a kind of story) and 'fable' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fashionable that I've seen before include "Trendy" , "What's in" , "A la mode" , "Modish" .)