Awfully late run chasing gold with little preparation (2,7)
I believe the answer is:
au naturel
'awfully late run chasing gold with little preparation' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'awfully late run chasing gold' is the wordplay.
'awfully' indicates an anagram.
'chasing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters chase after others).
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'late'+'run'='laterun'
'laterun' anagrammed gives 'naturel'.
'naturel' after 'au' is 'AU NATUREL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for au naturel that I've seen before include "served without dressing" , "Nancy's naked" , "Cooked plainly or raw" , "Plain" , "Very simply" .)