Was gardener protecting daughter after nasty heat rash? (9)
I believe the answer is:
hotheaded
'rash?' is the definition.
(I know that rash can be written as hotheaded)
'was gardener protecting daughter after nasty heat' is the wordplay.
'was gardener' becomes 'hoed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'protecting' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are held or protected).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nasty' is an anagram indicator (a nasty or wrong spelling).
'heat' is an anagram of 'thea'.
'd' put after 'thea' is 'thead'.
'hoed' enclosing 'thead' is 'HOTHEADED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hotheaded that I've seen before include "rash" , "Explosive" , "Irresponsible" .)