Wound, having cut head - in need of dressing? (5)
I believe the answer is:
naked
'wound' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'cut head in need of dressing?' is the wordplay.
'cut head' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'cutting head' mean this).
'need of dressing?' becomes 'aked' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' with its first letter taken away is 'n'.
'n'+'aked'='NAKED'
'having' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for naked that I've seen before include "in the emperor's new clothes?" , "Stark" , "Au naturel" , "Nude" , "In the altogether" .)