Avoiding commitment (7)
(Other definitions for guarded that I've seen before include "Reticent" , "with escort" , "Cautious, having reservations" , "Cautious; watched over" , "Protected from a drudge" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">avoiding commitment</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for evasive that I've seen before include "Avoiding giving answers" , "Not frank, shifty" , "make out-of-the-way sort of action" , "Shifty, hard to pin down" , "Avoiding answering" .)