Stylish, but punished again? (7)
I believe the answer is:
refined
'stylish' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'punished again?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'punished' could be 'fined' (similar in meaning) and 'fined' is located in the answer.
'again?' could be 're' (prefix meaning 'again') and 're' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'but' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for refined that I've seen before include "Free from vulgarity" , "Freed from impurities by processing" , "Urbane" , "Just like the cultured" , "Polished" .)