Stressed, Edward first needs money on account (8)
I believe the answer is:
accented
'stressed' is the definition.
('accented' can be similar in meaning to 'stressed')
'edward first needs money on account' is the wordplay.
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'needs money' becomes 'en' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'account' becomes 'acc'.
'en' after 'acc' is 'accen'.
'ted' after 'accen' is 'ACCENTED'.
(Other definitions for accented that I've seen before include "Stressed, emphasized" , "Given an emphasis" , "Stressed certain syllables" , "Emphasised or stressed a syllable" , "Sressed" .)